Mitz began her rowing career at Rollins College in 1984 and learned to scull during her summers home in Philadelphia on the Schuylkill River. After a move to Connecticut, she competed at the US Rowing National Team Trials for the lightweight singles and doubles in 1992 and ’93.

After a year as an Assistant Coach at the University of Wisconsin, Mitz returned to Connecticut in 2002, where she first started working with Liz Trond coaching the Junior High School program at Norwalk River Rowing. In 2009 she joined the Trinity College Women’s Rowing staff as the 3rd Varsity Coach and helped the team secure a Division III NCAA National Championship in 2014, then became the Head Girls Coach of the Hopkins Rowing Program. Mitz joined CBC in 2020 and has loved helping young women improve their rowing skills.

A member of the New Haven Rowing Club for nearly 20 years, Mitz has served on its board and as Vice President and President, and the Women’s Junior Varsity 1x at the Head of the Housatonic is raced for the Mitz Carr Trophy. She still competes in her single at the fall head races, including the Head of the Charles, where she won gold in 2016. She is also President of the Board of Directors for the Canal Dock Boathouse in New Haven, which offers a youth rowing program for public school students.