IWF Louisiana Member Kiki Baker Barnes Featured Among Top Female Achievers
May 2026
Congratulations to IWF Louisiana member Kiki Baker Barnes, PhD, who was featured by New Orleans Magazine as one of its Top Female Achievers.
Kiki is an author, founder, speaker, and Commissioner of the HBCU Athletic Conference. Her nearly 30-year career reflects the powerful role sports can play in building confidence, leadership, and opportunity for young women.
The feature highlights her groundbreaking leadership as the first African American female commissioner in the NAIA, Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, and HBCU Athletic Conference, as well as her continued work mentoring and inspiring the next generation of women in athletics.
Kiki's latest initiative, Her Girls Her Future Fest, will take place July 2 at LSU New Orleans and will introduce high school and college girls to career pathways in sports leadership, broadcasting, sports medicine, coaching, analytics, management, sports law, and adaptive sports.
We are proud to celebrate Kiki's extraordinary leadership and impact.
Read the full feature:
https://www.myneworleans.com/top-female-achievers/