 Molner left Arizona and returned to his hometown, Montclair, New Jersey, in 2015 and remains active in the chess community in the New Jersey and New York City area.He started the GMac Chess Academy and continues to coach and mentor chess enthusiasts.He is also active in the West Orange Chess Club..

Molner completed his undergraduate degree, and earned a Bachelor of Arts from New York University in foreign languages, specializing in Romance Languages, specifically Italian and Spanish (he also speaks German, French and Russian).