Mary K. Wells

Mary K. Wells is a co-founder and senior partner at Bellwether with over 20 years of experience in education as an organization leader, consultant, and in philanthropy.

As a first-generation college graduate, Mary is passionate about the power of public education. She splits her time between driving Bellwether’s AI strategy and working with organizations to provide strategic advising support. She has deep expertise in helping organizations scale and build sustainability. Her clients at Bellwether include charter management organizations, teacher preparation programs, professional learning organizations, state education organizations, and philanthropies.

Prior to launching Bellwether, Mary led STEM and new school investments for the Texas High School Project (now Educate Texas), where she was a founding team member. Prior to this, Mary spent eight years at Bain & Company as an analyst, consultant, and manager, where she advised Fortune 500 companies on growth strategy, new business development, and post-merger integration issues.

Mary holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a master’s from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Raised on a farm in Michigan, Mary currently resides in San Antonio, Texas.