Kahlil Byrd

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Mr. Kahlil Byrd is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Shur. He has successfully launched and scaled technology and data-enabled platforms across fintech and national politics. KB is a thought leader in cross-partisan politics, electoral reform, technology & data, and social impact. Using data insights, AI, and financial capability products, Shur partners with corporations, government, and membership and professional organizations to strengthen the wealth and fiscal independence for these Americans and their families. The company promotes generational wealth by helping student loan borrowers eliminate early financial mistakes, build financial plans, and develop a deep understanding of prime credit-building tools. For a decade, he led Invest America, a technology and advisory firm focused on solving major societal problems using data, research, strategy, organizational design, and product development. Previously, he was the founding CEO of a national initiative to re-imagine the presidential nominating process by leveraging data and technology for hundreds of thousands of users. The organization - Americans Elect - deployed more than $45 million and had 8,000 staff and volunteers, won the 2012 People's Choice Award at South by Southwest, and two CLIO Awards for content and interactive excellence. He is an active member of the board of the venture-backed voting platform Voatz, and With Honor; on the Steering Committee (Board) of Leadership Now Project and the Advisory Board of the Committee for Responsible Federal Budget's FixUs Initiative. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served with CFR as an International Affairs Fellow. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Harvard Kennedy School.