A director in the Standard & Poor's Public Finance Ratings Group, Karl Jacob is a lead analyst for most New England States, Pennsylvania and major eastern cities from Maine to Florida. He also serves as one of the departments rating committee chairpersons and spearheads internal analytic training. He is also the department's national analytic spokesperson for county and local governments. Karl has been involved with the New England GFOA, Connecticut GFOA, Maine GFOA, Native American GFOA, ICMA, and National League of Cities. He has served on the Board of Governors for the National Federation of Municipal Analysts. He is also involved with GASB, with a focus on GASB34 implementation and how it impacts credit quality. Karl has nearly 15 years experience in public finance. Prior to joining Standard & Poor's, he worked at the Colonial Mutual Fund Group in Boston for two years. He worked for Moody’s Investors between 1988-1994. Previously, he worked for New York City, holding various city departments including the Department of Environmental Protection and Corporation Counsel.
Parry Young
A director at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. He serves as primary credit analyst or chair of the standing rating committees for a number of states and local governments with a current concentration in the Western United States. He is the sector leader for issues related to pension and other postemployment benefits, including related factors affecting sponsor and pension fund creditworthiness, and pension and OPEB obligation bonds. He has over 20 years' experience in public finance. He is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, the Municipal Analysts Group of New York and an associate of the Government Finance Officers Association. In 2004, he has completed a six-year term as an advisor to the GFOA Committee on Retirement and Benefits Administration. Also, he served as a member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board task force on Deposit and Investment Risk Disclosures. He holds a B.A. from New York University and an M.B.A. in finance and investments from the City University of New York.
