A Chat in the Garden with Monique A. J. Smith

Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes assumed the leadership role, athletic director, in Dillard’s athletic department in 2006. She was recently named Interim Commissioner for the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. She currently serves as Chair of the (NAIA) Conduct & Ethics committee & will serve as President of the NAIA Athletic Directors Association Board of Directors for the 2019-2020 year. She is President/CEO of Kiki Baker Barnes, LLC, a coaching & speaking business focused on helping others unlock their potential, & founder of So You Want A Career in Athletics™ a professional leadership development program designed to expose girls ages 13-18 to career opportunities in sport.

Dr. Barnes is the only intercollegiate athletic director in the state of Louisiana & was the first female & first African-American president of the GCAC. In 2019, Dr. Barnes was awarded the industry's highest award, the Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year Award. In 2015, Dr. Barnes received the prestigious "Administrator of the Year Award" presented by the Women Leaders in College Sports. In 2011, 2014, & 2015, her peers voted her GCAC Athletic Director of the Year. In 2018, the New Orleans Pelicans honored her work in the community. She was named New Orleans City Business Woman of the Year, 2018.

Join us on A Chat in the Garden with Monique A. J. Smith at 10:00 am est. Come listen to our guest’s career path, her advice for others & current initiatives. Right here On A Chat in the Garden with Monique A J Smith, where Significance Blooms via 563-999-3513 or www.chatinthegarden.com. This is Season 7, Season 1-6 can be found on 200plus.expert, previously broadcasted on Survival Broadcast Network.