Cory Heyman

Cory serves as Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director, Accelerator supporting Room to Read’s external technical assistance projects, and visioning for the longer-term programmatic growth and strategic positioning of the organization as a whole. Previously Cory served as Room to Read Chief Program Officer and has acted as a close advisor to Room to Read since 2004, when he assisted in developing the organization’s first monitoring and evaluation study. Cory’s research and project work over the past 20 years has focused on strategies to increase access to quality educational opportunities for disadvantaged children around the world. Having worked at the nexus of public, private, and non-profit sectors, Cory has managed large-scale educational projects in the United States, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. He is the author of more than 20 academic and professional publications. Cory received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley and has a doctorate in sociology from John Hopkins University.