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Director, Impact Advisory
2020
Children & Families, Homelessness & Housing
Kyle is a Director, Impact Advisory at Social Finance. He builds outcomes-focused partnerships across sectors, leveraging data, funding tools, and social sector innovations to drive impact. Kyle’s work spans issue areas, including early childhood development, homelessness, and artificial intelligence in the public sector.
Prior to Social Finance, Kyle directed policy research and strategic planning projects for philanthropy with Freedman Consulting. He was previously on the data team for both President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign in Iowa and the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee. Kyle served in the Peace Corps in the village of Vaghashen, Armenia and conducted field work for President Obama’s 2008 campaign in Alaska and Ohio.
Kyle earned a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Government & Law from Lafayette College.
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