John Wood is Founder and Board Co-Chair of Room to Read, an award-winning international education organization. Founded in 2000, the organization has helped over 6 million children across the developing world. Room to Read's network has grown quickly. Today over 19,000 girls are enrolled in the long-term Girls Education program. Room to Read has opened over 1,6000 schools and 14,000 bilingual libraries. Over 11 million books have been put into circulation for children in ten countries across Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia.