Empowered Women's Series: Intimate Conversation with Kyle Smitley
Schedule
Wed Feb 25 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
BasBlue | Detroit, MI
About this Event
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.
Where is it happening?
BasBlue, 110 East Ferry Street, Detroit, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 12.51



















