{"id":365043,"date":"2026-07-08T06:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365043\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T06:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:51:09","slug":"former-fort-worth-isd-superintendent-dr-karen-molinar-hired-as-ceo-of-rev-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365043\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Dr. Karen Molinar hired as CEO of Rev Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This hire comes months after the Texas Education Agency announced it would replace Molinar as part of its takeover of the district.<\/p>\n<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Months after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/fort-worth-texas-isd-superintendent-karen-molinar-tea-takeover\/287-3da41a08-3785-4ec1-928b-42a66326884e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">being replaced<\/a> as the superintendent of Fort Worth ISD by the Texas Education Agency, Karen Molinar was announced Tuesday as the new chief executive officer of the Tarrant County-based nonprofit Rev Partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Back in March, the TEA announced it would be replacing Molinar as part of its takeover of FWISD. Her role at the district was filled by Peter Licata.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Rev Partnership said in a press release that Molinar will help the nonprofit&#8217;s mission in strengthening educational outcomes and expanding opportunities for Tarrant County students and educators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Molinar is a trusted and visionary leader who understands both the opportunities and challenges facing students and school systems today,\u201d Elizabeth R. Brands, President and CEO of The Morris Foundation and founder and board chair of Rev Partnership, said in a statement. \u201cHer experience, credibility, determination, and commitment for improving outcomes for children make her exceptionally well suited to lead Rev Partnership into its next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Molinar said in a statement that she was honored to join Rev Partnership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have spent my career focused on creating opportunities for students to thrive, and I believe deeply in the power of partnership to drive meaningful change,\u201d Molinar said in a statement. \u201cRev Partnership has built an important foundation of collaboration amongst Tarrant County\u2019s superintendents and is a trusted forum for our region\u2019s education leaders to drive meaningful impact together for our students. I\u2019m excited to join the team and help advance this work for the 750,000 students in Tarrant County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit says Molinar will oversee its organizational strategy, program advancement, partner development and community engagement efforts, and work closely with school districts, community stakeholders, civic leaders and philanthropic organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This hire comes months after the Texas Education Agency announced it would replace Molinar as part of its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-365043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}