Name: Empowered Women's Series: Intimate Conversation with Kyle Smitley
Start: 2026-02-25T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-25T17:00:00-05:00
Location: BasBlue

Empowered Women's Series: Intimate Conversation with Kyle Smitley

Conversation with Kyle Smitley, Founder of Detroit Achievement Academy & Detroit Prep, Forbes writer, and education innovator.
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.