Janice Hofferber
Managing Director - Head of US Public Finance
Moody's Ratings
Janice Hofferber is Head of US Public Finance for Moody’s Ratings (MIS) overseeing ratings and research for over 12,000 State and Local Governments, Hospitals, Higher Education institutions, Charter Schools and other tax exempt obligors.
Prior to this role, Janice was a Managing Director in the North America Corporate Finance Group leading analytical teams covering over 500 investment grade and high yield issuers in the Real Estate, Consumer, Retail, Gaming, Lodging, Apparel, and Restaurant sectors since 2013. In addition, Janice is a leader in a number of company- wide initiatives including spearheading Moody’s efforts to deliver globally consistent and high quality market and customer engagements, acting as an Ambassador for Ratings and Research support to improve recruitment and training for Moody’s young credit professionals. Janice is an active supporter of Moody’s equity, diversity and inclusion efforts including serving as the co-chairperson of the Policy and Recruiting committee for the Veteran’s BRG where she helped to lead important changes to Moody’s leave policies for employees.
Janice has extensive experience working in the financial service industry. She rejoined the firm in June 2006 as the lead analyst for the US consumer products and tobacco sectors and as a rating committee chairperson for multiple industry teams. She started at Moody’s as a senior analyst covering investment-grade food and beverage issuers from 1995-1996.
Janice also bring a wealth of knowledge from other senior position held over the 20 years she worked in investment banking, fixed income and equity analytics sectors. She served in leadership positions at Fulcrum Global Partners, an independent equity research boutique, was a Director of Equity Research at Van der Moolen, the NYSE Specialist firm and served as a Vice President in the mergers and acquisitions and investment banking groups covering media and consumer products companies at JP Morgan Chase.
Janice holds a LEAD Certificate from Stanford University School of Business, an MBA in Finance from New York University, a BA in Psychology from Rutgers University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.