Tom Weyl, vice president and manager of municipal research at Eaton Vance Management in Boston, became the new chairman of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts earlier this week.
Weyl, who had been vice chairman of the NFMA, was nominated and elected to serve as chairman for a one-year term beginning Jan. 1 by board members during a Nov. 1 meeting here, but his election was only recently publicly disclosed in the groups’ internal newsletter.
He will succeed Eric Friedland, a director at Financial Security Assurance Inc. in New York City, who stepped down from as chairman at the end of the year.
Rob Yolland, a senior vice president and research analyst at Franklin Templeton Group in San Mateo, Calif., was elected vice chairman for 2007, succeeding Weyl.
Bill Hogan, a managing director at Assured Guaranty in New York City, was elected secretary for this year, replacing Yolland.
Chuck Emrich, a vice president at T. Rowe Price in Baltimore and co-chair of NFMA’s disclosure committee, was elected treasurer and succeeded Hogan.
The board also elected for two-year terms three at-large members. Of the three, Erik Kimball, of counsel at Akerman Senterfitt in Orlando, and Howard Mischel, a director at Standard & Poor’s in New York City, were re-elected to the board.
Greg Aikman, vice president at Mellon Private Wealth Management in Boston, was elected to the board as a new member, but he had served on it in the past.
Beverly Denny, vice president of tax-exempt securities at SAFECO in Seattle, was elected as a new affiliated member of the board and also will serve a two-year term.
