“We all have a responsibility to create a just society.” Bryan Stevenson

Kayleigh Baker has extensive experience overseeing Title IX compliance and Civil Rights investigations for districts, institutions, and organizations. Baker frequently serves in interim management roles for both higher education institutions and K-12 schools and districts and works with clients needing short-term or long-term crisis management services.

Baker has trained thousands of Title IX practitioners in the field and maintains her own caseload as an external Investigator and Decision-Maker for TNG clients. Prior to her work in Title IX, Baker served as an Assistant District Attorney for the 6^th Judicial Circuit in Alabama. As a criminal lawyer, Baker served as the attorney of record on thousands of cases and litigated dozens of trials in front of a jury. She regularly instructed law enforcement officers on, among other topics, civil rights issues. Baker continues to collaborate with law enforcement and District Attorneys on the intersection between their obligations and Title IX regulations.

Prior to working with TNG, Baker served as a Title IX Investigator at The University of Alabama and as the University of North Alabama’s first full-time Title IX Coordinator. As a Title IX Coordinator in a one-person Title IX office, Baker was responsible for primary prevention programming and has conducted campus climate surveys and facilitated training opportunities for thousands of students and employees on Bystander Intervention, reporting obligations, consent, and more. In addition to performing a wide range of responsibilities related to Title IX Compliance, Baker has a wealth of experience related to other compliance areas across higher education.

Baker has experience creating and leading Clery Committees and drafting Annual Security Reports. She also worked with other campus administrators related to the SACSCOC reaccreditation process. As a Title IX Coordinator, Baker was also heavily involved in an institutional transition to NCAA Division I athletics and led multiple working groups to comply with the NCAA requirements. She has also been tasked with working with Behavior Intervention Teams, has completed dozens of trainings with the National Association for Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment (NABITA), and is a Certified Mental Health First Aider.

In 2021, Baker was appointed to serve on the Advisory Board for the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA). She has also served as part of ATIXA’s legislative committee. Baker has previously presented at and served on the planning committee for the annual NASPA Strategies Conference, which addresses collegiate alcohol and drug abuse prevention, mental health, sexual violence prevention and response, and student well-being through a variety of comprehensive and integrative approaches. Baker was also selected to serve as a member of the pool of IDEA (inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility) practitioners who review inclusion plans for NASA’s Astrophysics division.

Baker holds a B.S. in Political Science and Business Economics from Ball State University in Muncie, IN, and a J.D. from The University of Alabama School of Law. During law school, she was a two-time recipient of the George Taylor Award for Outstanding Performance in Trial Advocacy and earned the Order of Samaritan in recognition of her exemplary commitment to service in the legal profession. In 2019, Baker earned the Alabama Black Law Student Association Certificate of Excellence.

Baker lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with her family and her never-ending pile of “to-be-read” books.