Kahlil Byrd

Kahlil Byrd (KB)
Born
Kahlil Julian Byrd
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMorehouse College, B.A.
Harvard Kennedy School, MPA
Known forCEO of Americans Elect
SpouseSarah Haacke Byrd (2011–present)

Kahlil Julian Byrd (KB) is a political advisor and entrepreneur regarded as an expert in national cross-partisan reform.[1] He has led several national political organizations in the United States. Byrd is founder and CEO of Shur, a financial services company, that works with student loan borrowers in their workplaces to help them move to financial capability. Byrd is founder and CEO of Invest America Fund, a public policy, reform, investment research, data and advisory firm. He is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[2]

He was CEO of Americans Elect, a reform organization that sought to use online voting for state primaries to support a bipartisan ticket for the 2012 United States presidential election outside the two parties.

  1. ^ "What Are 'Political Entrepreneurs'? This Guy Believes They're the Heroes Who Will Disrupt Washington's Gridlock". NationSwell. July 24, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Council on Foreign Relations Membership Roster".