As a founder, CEO, and board director, Kahlil Byrd (KB) has successfully launched and scaled technology and data-enabled platforms across fintech and national politics. KB is a thought leader in cross-partisan politics, innovation, investment, and social impact. He is the founder and CEO of Shur, a B2B2C fintech/insurtech deploying a comprehensive financial services platform connecting Professionals with Student Loans to the financial services industry. Shur’s company-sponsored financial wellness programs integrate alternative credit scoring, financial guidance, insurance, and banking. The company promotes generational wealth by helping borrowers move from debt to wealth creation -- while building new revenue paths for banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions.KB is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served with CFR as an International Affairs Fellow. He serves on the boards of Voatz (venture-backed mobile election technology provider) and With Honor (electing a bipartisan group of veterans to Congress.) He graduated from Morehouse College and Harvard Kennedy School. KB and his wife Sarah, CEO of the national non-profit Women Moving Millions, live in Brooklyn.