Corey Blay

Corey Blay is Associate Director for Graduate Leadership Programs at New York University and Director of the NYU Social Sector Leadership Diversity Fellowship. In these roles, he ensures that all students, regardless of their demographic background or discipline of study, have access to meaningful leadership programs and experiences.

Corey began his career at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, an K-12 independent school in New York City, where he worked on the founding team for its new middle school, taught 7th grade history, and designed diversity and inclusion programming for students, faculty, and staff. Outside the classroom, he helped steer several political and leadership development programs and was a 2011 Management Leadership for Tomorrow MBA Prep fellow. 

As a graduate student at NYU, Corey served as president of the Government and Business Association, VP of Stern’s Student Government, Senator At-Large and Chief of Staff of the Student Senators Council, and graduate student representative on the University Space Priorities Working Group. He received the Stern Service Award and President’s Service Award for his efforts and was named the 2014 All-University Commencement Student Speaker.

Corey received his BA in African-American Studies and Public Policy from the University of Chicago, an MBA from the NYU Leonard N. Stern School of Business, and MPA from the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.