Corey Crossan
Corey Crossan is the co-founder and executive director of Virtuosity Character, a mobile application designed to support the daily, deliberate practice of character-based leadership development. Having experienced the transformative power of character formation herself, Corey has dedicated her career to helping individuals and organizations cultivate character through intentional habits and well-designed developmental systems.
At Virtuosity, she leads the design, facilitation, and research of programs that bring a rigorous, evidence-based approach to leadership development. In addition to her work with Virtuosity, Corey serves as a Research and Teaching Fellow with The Oxford Character Project. She is also a Program and Research Scholar with The Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, working in partnership with the Arnold and Winnie Palmer Foundation to support the development of character in golfers on and off the course.
Corey also brings special expertise to the area of sport. A former NCAA Division I athlete, she focused her doctoral research on strengthening character within athletic contexts and now collaborates on multiple projects in collegiate and professional sport to enhance sustained excellence and well-being through character and leadership development.
As part of her work with Virtuosity, Corey has been endorsed by Tech Nation in the United Kingdom as a Global Talent in digital technology—joining a select community of founders and innovators recognized for advancing the UK’s world-leading tech ecosystem. She holds a BSc in Exercise Science and Sport Medicine, an MA in Kinesiology, and a PhD in Kinesiology.