John Wood is the founder and board co-chair of Room to Read, an organization that has provided educational opportunities to over 5 million children. He was inspired to start Room to Read after visiting a school in Nepal and seeing their lack of age-appropriate books. Wood left his job at Microsoft to focus full-time on donating books to schools, which later expanded into the organization Room to Read. Through libraries, local language books, and girls' education programs, Room to Read has increased access to education for millions of children.