Corey Scholes

Prior to joining EL Education, Corey served as the Director of Education at the Kauffman Foundation. As Director of Education, she advised on strategic education program initiatives. Her core contributions as Director included developing and executing the foundation’s strategy for cultivating and retaining talent among Kansas City schools. Corey’s team was responsible for bringing programs like City Year, KCTR, and Kansas City Plus to Kansas City to make the talent pipeline more robust and able to support the Foundation’s other K-12 investments. Corey was instrumental in establishing the Ewing Marion Kauffman School, a public charter school, where she served as interim CEO during the school’s launch. Corey is the founder of the Amplify conference for educators of color. She helped start the foundation's internal race and equity work and helped bring to life Promise 54’s DEI accelerator with an initial investment, strategic support, and planning. Corey serves as the Vice President of the Board for the National Council of Teacher Residencies. She is also on the City Year board. She is a School Board member for Compass Academy in Denver, CO.