Kia conducted numerous high-profile, highly-complex investigations within this role, while supervising a global network of security contractors who assisted with the investigations.

Before joining the NFL, Kia spent nearly a decade as a Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office in Brooklyn, New York. In her last years at the District Attorney's Office, Kia was appointed by the elected District Attorney to the Office's prestigious and highly selective Homicide Bureau, which was composed of the top 12 trial attorneys in the Office.

Kia obtained her law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee. While at Vanderbilt, Kia was involved in numerous organizations, and worked as a writer for Obiter Dictum, a law school publication, and also served on the Student-Faculty Relations Committee. Kia obtained her undergraduate degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. While at Duke, Kia was on the Dean's List, was a writer for The Chronicle, Duke's award-winning daily student publication, and served on the President's Council on Black Affairs, an advisory group to the President of Duke University.

In her free time, Kia enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, and spending time with her husband and two small children .