Kahlil Julian Byrd is a political advisor and entrepreneur regarded as an expert in national cross-partisan reform.
19 Facts About Kahlil Byrd
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Kahlil Byrd has led several national political organizations in the United States.
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Kahlil Byrd is founder and CEO of Invest America Fund, a public policy, reform, investment research, data and advisory firm.
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Kahlil Byrd is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Kahlil Byrd 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.
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Kahlil Byrd holds a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Morehouse College.
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Kahlil Byrd began his career in broadcast journalism, working for National Public Radio in Washington, DC He later joined The BBC as a producer.
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Kahlil Byrd left the campaign in April 2006 to "return to business interests".
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In 2007, Kahlil Byrd joined the Patrick administration as Director of Gubernatorial Appointments.
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Kahlil Byrd was a Term Member and an International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Kahlil Byrd was the first president of StudentsFirst, the grassroots education reform advocacy organization founded by Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of District of Columbia Schools.
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From 2009 through the 2012 election cycle, Kahlil Byrd was chief executive of Americans Elect, a national organization that aimed, through technology, to nominate and bipartisan ticket for president.
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Kahlil Byrd is founder and CEO of Invest America, a seed fund focused on financing and guiding political reform investors by leveraging data, analytics and nationwide research.
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In January 2019, the Washington Post reported that Kahlil Byrd and Invest America are among the insiders working with former Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz in his "extensive operation" to explore an independent bid for president.
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Kahlil Byrd is a board member or advisor of a number of organizations, including With Honor and Take Back our Republic.
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Kahlil Byrd is a council member at NationSwell and an alumnus of the Council on Foreign Relations International Fellows program.
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Kahlil Byrd is a senior advisor and board member of With Honor, which is helping to elect principled military veterans in Congress and help amplify their cross-partisan agenda that finds solutions for the American people.
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Kahlil Byrd is a member of the steering and investor group at LeadershipNow LeadershipNow is a membership organization of business and thought leaders taking action to protect and renew American democracy.
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Kahlil Byrd is married to Sarah Haacke Kahlil Byrd, CEO at Women Moving Millions.