Molly Schmader oversees student recruitment and enrollment, leading outreach and family engagement to help build and welcome families to the founding 6th and 9th grade classes. Ms. Schmader previously was project manager and analyst at Philadelphia Middle College Foundation, which designed and completed the charter school application for ECPHL, Philadelphia and Pennsylvania’s first public, open-enrollment early college secondary school, and the first new charter school approved in eight years. She produced research and data reports to underscore the need for this school model and supported all sections of the charter school application.

Ms. Schmader began her career at Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School, serving as project manager and data analyst consultant. In this role, she conducted a feasibility study assessing the viability of opening a second campus. 

Ms. Schmader holds a bachelor’s degree in human geography, with a minor in Spanish, from Bucknell University.