Artemio “Ricky” Hernandez, Ph.D., CGFM Deputy Executive Manager A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam
Artemio Ricardo “Ricky” Aguon Hernandez, Ph.D. is the Deputy Executive Manager of the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam (GIAA) where he oversees each of the divisions of the agency. He is also an Adjunct Instructor of Accounting and Public Administration at the University of Guam (UOG), having taught since January 2014. Dr. Hernandez was also elected in 2019 as the Active Member Trustee of the Government of Guam Retirement Fund Board of Trustees where he was selected by the Trustees as its Treasurer and was appointed by the Chairman as the Investment Committee Chairperson. In addition, Dr. Hernandez sits on the Research Corporation of the University of Guam Board of Directors as one of its longest serving members, having been appointed for two consecutive three-year terms by former UOG President, Dr. Robert A. Underwood and an additional three-year term by current UOG President Thomas W. Krise. Dr. Hernandez was previously the Deputy Administrator of the Guam Economic Development Authority from January 2019 through July 2020 and was concurrently appointed as the Interim Deputy Director of the Department of Public Works from February to April 2019. Initially appointed by the late Senator Vicente “ben” Cabrera Pangelinan and further appointed by Speaker Benjamin J. F. Cruz, Dr. Hernandez was also the youngest and longest serving Director of the Guam Legislature Office of Finance and Budget (OFB). He had been with the OFB from August 2010 to January 2019 – spanning nearly four (4) legislative terms. As OFB Director, Dr. Hernandez served as Vice Chairperson of the Guam Department of Education Financial Supervisory Commission, Member of the Special Economic Service, and Chairperson of the Special Accounting Service. Dr. Hernandez is a proud alumnus of Father Duenas Memorial School having graduated in 2004. He subsequently attended the University of Guam as a government of Guam Merit Scholar and obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting in 2007. Upon graduation, he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii where he attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and obtained his Master of Accounting in 2009. While in Hawaii, Dr. Hernandez worked as a full-time auditor with Wikoff Combs & Co., LLC, a full-service Hawaii-based CPA firm for over two (2) years. He was also selected to attend the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and received the AICPA Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students. He earned his Ph.D. in Business from Capella University in 2019. He is also a Certified Government Financial Manager and an Accredited Investment Fiduciary.
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