Eva Bogaty is a Managing Director in Moody’s Ratings Public Finance Group, co-managing local government ratings in the US, with a focus on the Midwest, Southwest, and West Local Government ratings teams out of our Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco offices. While at Moody’s, Eva has also served as the team lead for the Not-for-profit Healthcare ratings team and the
Western States Local Governments ratings team, and as a lead analyst covering Higher Education and Healthcare ratings. She serves as a rating chair across the public finance group and has significant experience in academic medical centers, not-for-profits, K-12 school districts, charter schools, and public hospital districts.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Eva worked in economic development for New York State and in Russian women’s business development for a USAID-funded not-for-profit. Eva holds an MBA from New York University and an AB in Russian and East European Area Studies from Middlebury College.

Diana Lee is a Vice President/Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s not-for-profit healthcare ratings group. Diana rejoined Public Finance in 2017 after spending 20 years in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. In her prior role, she was responsible for healthcare companies in a variety of subsectors, including for-profit hospitals, managed care, medical device, healthcare distribution and pharmacy benefit management. Diana has authored numerous Moody’s reports on healthcare matters as well as rating methodologies.

Before joining Moody’s in 1989, Diana held several positions in the healthcare sector. She worked as an internal consultant at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, an administrator at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and performed healthcare research at Boston University Medical Center.

Diana received a Masters degree in health services administration from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree in biology from Brown University. Diana served on the Advisory Board of the University of Michigan School of Public Health’s Griffith Leadership Center, which promotes and supports excellence in health management and policy leaders.

Rita Strauss is an  Vice President - Senior Analyst in the Healthcare Ratings group and has been with Moody’s since 2014. Her responsibilities include assigning and monitoring healthcare ratings within the states of California, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Rita worked as a Staff Auditor and Accountant at the American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund. Rita earned her M.B.A. with a concentration in Healthcare Administration from Mount Sinai School of Medicine/Baruch College and her B.A. in Finance/Investments from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business.

Nansis Hayek joined Moody’s in 2016 and is a lead analyst for the Moody’s Healthcare Ratings group. She covers ratings of not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems in Alabama, California, Louisiana, Ohio, and Virginia, as well as several other states.

Prior to joining the Healthcare Ratings Team, Nansis held multiple operations roles, both within and outside the organization. Nansis holds a B.S. in Neuroscience from the College of William and Mary and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2019.