Welcome! I’m glad you are here! You most likely know me as the Founder of Girls on the Run International. I founded the organization in 1996 with thirteen girls in Charlotte, NC. Since then, thanks to thousands of volunteers, supporters and an amazing staff at our Girls on the Run Headquarters, the organization has expanded to every state in the US and has served over 2.5 million girls.

(If you’d like more info about how the whole thing got started, check out The Girls on the Run Origin Story.)

Since leaving the organization in 2013, I have gone on to do lots of things. I worked on Capitol Hill, traveled across the country listening to people share their stories, wrote some books, founded another organization that teaches the art of profound listening, advocated (and still do) at a very personal level, for people experiencing home and food insecurity, and somehow managed to launch two awesome kids.

In other words, I have lived and continue to live a big, unapologetic life.

I’ve got a book coming out in September, so stay tuned to hear more about that. In the meantime, if you’d like to connect, send me an email at molly@mollybarkerspeaks.com.