Mollie Mitchell founded The K12 Search Group in 2007. Through her work at The Broad Center, Mollie became passionate about the need for equity in public education. More importantly, she recognized that fledgling charter schools and nonprofit organizations would require outstanding talent to scale and increase their impact. Mollie felt that her knowledge of the education reform sector combined with her years of an experience as an executive recruiter made her uniquely qualified to start The K12 Search Group.

Since creating The K12 Search Group, Mollie has worked with over 100 charter school operators, funders, and other education reform nonprofits around the country to help them recruit executive talent into their organizations. In 2009, she relocated The K12 Search Group from Los Angeles to Austin so she could be more centrally located to serve her national client base.