Kim Diamond is a Senior Managing Director and head of Structured Finance at Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. Previously, Kim was a Managing Director at Standard and Poor's responsible for the US Commercial Mortgage Ratings Business. In 2008 she became Business Leader for S&P's U.S. Mortgage Group which comprised new issuance and surveillance for both commercial and residential mortgage backed securities and Servicer Evaluations. She currently sits on the Board of Governors of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC) as an Executive Committee Appointee and has previously held positions as Membership Chair and Treasurer. Kim received a BA from Cornell University and an MBA from Columbia University.