Montez Diamond

Montez Diamond represents Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee as a regional advocate for Region 4. She works to identify new small business concerns, working closely with local government officials, state officials, and legislators, and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to develop programs and policies that support small business growth.

Before joining the Office of Advocacy, Diamond served as a business resource partner that provided enterprises, anchor institutions, and municipalities with administrative solutions to support their ability to compete for government contract procurements. Additionally, she is a staunch community and business advocate who has previously served as an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau, a Civil Mediator for the City of Atlanta’s Citizen Review Board, and as a juvenile delinquency mediator for the Cobb County Juvenile Court. She holds a Master of Science in Conflict Management from Kennesaw State University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Howard University.