Molly Barker founded Girls on the Run in Charlotte in 1996. A four-time Hawaii Ironman triathlete, she used her background in social work, counseling and teaching, along with research on adolescent issues, to develop the program, which helps girls break free of the ‘Girl Box.’  Her goal is to create a social movement that provides girls and women with the tools and the courage to see, unravel from and eliminate their own and often unconscious buy-in to the Girl Box and its limiting messages. Today, there are Girls on the Run councils in over 190 cities across North America annually serving more than 150,000 girls and women.