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.