About Kyle

Kyle Schlachter was born and raised in Racine, WI along the shores of Lake Michigan.

In 2003, Kyle graduated from the University of Denver, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science.

In 2005, Kyle graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Masters of Science in Geography.

In 2005 and 2006, Kyle participated in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. He lived in Kyoto, Japan and worked as a Assistant Teacher of English in two local high schools.

After returning to Colorado in 2006, while working on a PhD program, Kyle taught math and science courses at the Colorado Women's College at the University of Denver.

Kyle and his wife moved to Littleton in 2009.

Since 2010, Kyle has worked for the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board at the Colorado Department of Agriculture. He started as the as the Outreach and Marketing Coordinator and in 2023 was appointed as the executive director. The Wine Board is a Governor-appointed Board that promotes and develops the burgeoning Colorado wine industry.

Since 2012, Kyle, his wife, and their two young children live in the Sterne Park neighborhood near Downtown Littleton.

Kyle served on the Littleton Invests For Tomorrow Urban Renewal Authority from 2015 until 2018 and was a participant of the inaugural Littleton Leadership Academy in 2017.

In August 2017, Kyle was selected by Wine Enthusiast as one of the 40 Under 40 Tastemakers in the United States for being "an ambassador for his state’s thriving wine industry. His efforts reflect the diversity and uniqueness of wine in the U.S."

In November 2017, Kyle was elected to a two-year at-large term on the Littleton City Council.

In November 2021, Kyle was elected to a four-year term as Littleton's first directly elected Mayor since Littleton became a home rule municipality in 1959.

Kyle is currently the 1st Vice Chair of the Metro Mayors Caucus. The Metro Mayors Caucus is a voluntary collaboration of 38 mayors in the Denver metropolitan region formed to provide a non-partisan vehicle for regional dialogue and cooperation on issues that transcend individual municipal boundaries.