Michael Rinaldi

Michael is a senior director in Fitch Rating’s public finance group, manager for local government ratings in Fitch’s East region, and a chairperson of Fitch’s public finance rating committee. Michael is based in Fitch’s New York City, New York office. 

Prior to joining Fitch in 2008, Michael served as a vice president at Financial Guaranty Insurance Company’s (FGIC). Michael was responsible for providing credit analysis of municipal issuers requesting bond insurance across a broad spectrum of municipal sectors including transportation, infrastructure, general government, higher education, and project finance. Michael began his career in municipal finance at Standard & Poor’s rating agency in 1996. 

Michael received his B.B.A from Baruch College, City University of New York and is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts/Municipal Analysts Group of New York.