John Wood is the founder and board co-chair of Room to Read, a global nonprofit organization focused on literacy and gender equality in education in Asia and Africa that has reached over 6 million children. Wood described his experience of founding Room to Read in his book Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children. He is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative's Advisory Board and is a frequent lecturer at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and NYU's Stern School of Business.