Kathy Coon’s responsibilities at FNC include the creation of FNC’s Generally Accepted Appraisal Rules®, which provide an automated review of appraisals for both compliance and risk issues. Kathy is a consultant in the detection of faulty or fraudulent appraisals and conducts training in the appraisal, quality assurance, and underwriting departments for lenders, government agencies, and GSE’s.

Kathy has served the Appraisal Institute on its board of directors and executive committee, as Chair of Education, and was twice elected chair of the Residential Appraisal Board. She is a national instructor for the Appraisal Institute and is the developer of the Appraisal Institute’s seminar, Quality Assurance in Residential Appraisals: Risky Appraisals = Risky Loans. Kathy is also a member of the Mortgage Banker Association’s Fraud and Ethics subcommittee and serves on MBA’s Appraisal Fraud Task Force.

Kathy assisted the FBI in one of the largest flipping scams in the country, and has served as an expert witness for mortgage lenders in mortgage fraud cases. She holds degrees in both business and criminal justice.