Empowered Women's Series: Intimate Conversation with Kyle Smitley

Intimate Conversation and Breakfast with Kyle Smitley.

Kyle is the Founder and Executive Director of Detroit Achievement Academy and Detroit Prep, two small, incredible nonprofit K-8 charter schools that opened in 2013 and 2016, respectively. As a writer for Forbes, she has covered topics ranging from cell phone bans to how a good school can quantifiably impact a neighborhood. She is a 13+ year K-8 school administrator (Detroit Achievement Academy & Detroit Prep).

She is a proud 2023 Yass Prize Finalist, dubbed the Pulitzer of Education Innovation. In a past life, she built and sold a startup and was recognized as a 2009 Inc. 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs Under 30. She earned her JD in 2019. In 2020, she founded Louis Kitchenware, a cookware company inspired by hardworking home cooks.

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