Mollie Mitchell
Mollie is the President and Founder of The K12 Search Group. She has been an executive recruiter in the education sector since 2001, longer than any of her direct competitors. Since creating The K12 Search Group in 2007, Mollie has worked with dozens of high-performing charter school operators, state charter school associations, and K-12 education nonprofits nationwide to help them recruit executive talent.
Before founding The K12 Search Group, Mollie led recruitment efforts at The Broad Center, a nonprofit organization established by businessman and philanthropist Eli Broad to attract and train talented leaders for charter schools and urban school systems. Mollie was the first full-time staff member hired to oversee all recruiting activities for the Center’s two leadership development programs: The Broad Superintendents Academy, a ten-month competitive fellowship to prepare professionals to run large urban school systems, and The Broad Residency, a two-year placement program for rising leaders in a large urban school system or CMOs. She designed and managed the entire annual selection and admissions process for both programs.
Mollie started her executive search career at Heidrick & Struggles, a leading global search firm.
Mollie holds a BA from Brigham Young University and an MA from Marymount University. She is a dedicated advocate for educational equity and has served on the boards of charter schools in Los Angeles, Austin, and Santa Fe. She was also a board trustee of Great Minds, the creator of high-quality curricula, Eureka Math, and Wit & Wisdom.
Mollie has lived in Washington, DC, Denver, Los Angeles, and Santa Fe, NM. She currently lives in Austin. When she is not walking her golden retrievers or recruiting C-level executives, she is likely playing Mahjong.