Ms. Diamond was recently appointed to the role of Senior Advisor at KnowledgeWorks Foundation. She previously served as Vice President for Education Strategy where she oversaw the development and release of the foundation’s 2006-2016 Map of Future Forces Affecting Education. For several years, she was responsible for the Foundation’s work on Communities and School Facilities and public policy.

Ms. Diamond received her bachelor’s and J.D. degrees from Harvard University. She has been admitted to the bar in Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Ohio. She has extensive experience as an attorney and policy analyst. She has served as staff attorney for the Education and Higher Education Committees of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and for the Committees on Criminal Justice and Ways and Means of the Massachusetts Senate. Before moving to Cincinnati in 1999, she served as Counsel for Policy Development for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, where she was responsible for implementing the recommendations of the Chief Justice’s Commission on the future of the court.

KnowledgeWorks Foundation is Ohio’s largest education philanthropy, with a mission to increase access to education throughout Ohio. Its other major program areas are College and Career Access, and School Improvement. All of its work is designed to empower communities to improve education.