Kahlil Byrd

Founder and CEO- Invest America, and Advisory Board of Voatz

KB is the founder and CEO of Invest America, an advisory firm that exclusively serves the most creative financiers and builders of complex organizations and movements. Invest America’s distinctive approach optimizes resources and impact by combining bold talent, smart technology, operating expertise, and research and data-based insights. Clients include leaders and organizations whose aspirations have the potential to reach and improve the lives of 150+ million American voters. 

Previously, KB served as president of StudentsFirst, a multimillion-dollar national reform effort focused on changing the legislative and policy landscapes of public education in America. Working with the senior team and the board, KB commanded StudentsFirst’s long-term strategy, operations, budget, and efforts to develop an optimal culture focused on growth. 

Prior to StudentsFirst, KB acted as chief executive officer of Americans Elect, a national start-up with the twofold mission of re-imagining, through technology, the U.S. presidential primary system and placing a bipartisan presidential ticket on all 50 state ballots. KB and his team raised over $40 million and oversaw more than 150 paid staff, 5,000 contractors, and 3,000 volunteers nationwide. AmericansElect.org won the 2012 People’s Choice Award at South by Southwest, one of the country’s largest interactive technology conferences; the Campaigns & Elections 2012 CampaignTech Innovator Award; and two 2012 CLIO Awards for content and interactive excellence. 

KB is an active member of the boards of Voatz, Take Back Our Republic, and With Honor. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served with CFR as an International Affairs Fellow focused on international media. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Harvard Kennedy School.