Kim Wallin is currently in private practice at her CPA firm, D.K. Wallin Ltd., in Reno, Nev., which she founded in 1984. She took eight years off to be the Controller for the State of Nevada. She was the first CPA to be elected to the office of Nevada State Controller in 50 years and the first CMA to ever hold this office.

Wallin is a former IMA Chair and a member of the IMA Emeritus Committee. She served as Chair in fiscal 2003-2004. She also has served in other volunteer leadership roles, including chair of the ICMA Board of Regents.