David is one of KNN Public Finance's two managing directors. He manages the firm's City and Special District Practice Group, and has served as financial advisor to a number of cities throughout California, including Fresno, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, and a number of other small and medium-sized cities. He also advises Orange County, the State Infrastructure Bank, and a number of water agencies, including the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, Coachella Valley Water District, Kern County Water Agency, San Diego County Water Authority, and the East Bay Municipal Utility District.
David's transaction work has included:
- lease revenue and enterprise revenue debt
- redevelopment tax allocation bonds
- special tax obligations
- general obligation and pension obligation bonds.
David has also been responsible for a number of financial and capital planning, policy, and debt management projects delivered outside of a specific debt transaction.
For nearly six years, David was a Vice President and Senior Credit Officer with Moody's Investors Service. He served as a senior member of the analytic and management team responsible for all varieties of local government bond and note ratings on the Pacific Coast, and was a member of Moody's national rating committee. David led Moody's efforts at interpreting the impact of Proposition 218 on the California market, was the principal author of "Moody's on Leasing," and co-authored Moody's first written criteria for rating tax allocation bonds in California.
Prior to joining Moody's, David spent more than twelve years with the City of Los Angeles, where he was responsible for financial planning, debt issuance, and bond administration for general government departments. He is a frequent speaker on public finance issues and has addressed conferences sponsored by the California Redevelopment Agency, the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, the Bond Buyer, and the Association of Government Leasing and Finance.
David is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, earning a B.A. with highest honors in Modern Society and Social Thought. He is the author of a book on Los Angeles, "L.A. Freeway: An Appreciative Essay," published by UC Press. His pastimes include cooking, collecting various genres of popular music from around the world, gardening, and walking his dog in the East Bay Regional Parks (also a KNN client).
