Naomi Richman is a Senior Vice President in Moody's US Public Finance Group. Naomi manages the Surveillance team and Data and Analytics team. She is also responsible for contributing to state and local government analytical initiatives, research and methodologies. Naomi was previously a Managing Director in US Public Finance and Chief Credit Officer for global public sector ratings. Naomi has over 35 years of experience in credit analysis at Moody's, covering state and local governments, housing, higher education, financial guarantors, and global sovereigns.

Prior to joining Moody's, Naomi spent four years with the New York City Department of Finance. Naomi holds an MPP from Harvard University and an AB from Bryn Mawr College.

Tim Blake is a Managing Director in Moody’s Public Finance Group responsible for US state ratings as well as local government ratings in the Eastern region. He also oversees ratings for US transit systems and a specialist team on government pension analysis. Tim has thirty years of experience in the municipal market. 

Prior to joining Moody’s, Tim was a credit risk manager and ratings advisor at Goldman Sachs, and a credit and liquidity facility specialist at NatWest Markets. 

He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany.

Ted Hampton is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer on the States Rating Team and currently covers Alaska, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, and South Carolina. He has also covered other states including Illinois and Puerto Rico and is a member of Moody’s pension task force.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Ted worked as a financial journalist covering topics including public finance. Ted holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.

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.

Kirstyn Lee is an Associate Lead Analyst for the San Francisco Local Governments Ratings Team covering credits within the Western United States, primarily in California. In her role, Kirstyn covers local government credits, including cities, counties, enterprise systems, and school districts.

Prior to joining Moody’s, she worked as an analyst in municipal finance, providing special tax consulting services for cities, counties and special districts in southern California. Kirstyn holds an MA in Economics from the University of San Francisco and a BA in Economics from the University of San Francisco.