Abigail Q. Reyes

Abigail Q. Reyes Budget and Management Analyst III Bureau of Budget and Management Research

Abigail Q. Reyes is a Budget and Management Analyst III with the Bureau of Budget and Management Research (BBMR). She has been working for the government of Guam on different capacities for over 13 years. She was also an Adjunct Faculty at the University of Guam in Spring 2019. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate at the Capella University pursuing her PhD in Business Management with an anticipated completion date of 2022 and she is working towards her designation as a Certified Fraud Examiner.

As a Budget and Management Analyst III, Abigail plays a key role in conducting necessary operational planning and management research and studies to ensure that effective planning and management methods are utilized by departments and agencies of the government of Guam. This entails recommending adequate funding levels for assigned departments and agencies to meet their mandates while keeping with the Administration’s fiscal policies and ensuring that assigned departments and agencies maintain keen focus on accuracy and adherence to budget ceilings and established policies and priorities in their preparation and submission of annual budget and allotment release schedules. Abigail also analyzes and makes recommendations on departmental appropriation/allotment modifications, personnel action requests, travel requests, and contracts to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, rules and regulations. She also conducts year-round monitoring of departmental allotments and expenditures to identify and resolve any funding issues and ensure adequate financial resources throughout the fiscal year. Abigail’s responsibilities also include the completion of key portions of the Governor’s Executive Budget Request submitted annually, preparation of fiscal notes for proposed legislations, and completion of special projects and analyses on various fiscal matters as requested by management.

Prior to assuming her current position, Abigail served as a Management Analyst IV and Acting Supervisor at the Business Privilege Tax (BPT) Branch with the Department of Revenue and Taxation (DRT) from 2018 to October 2019. In these capacities, Abigail analyzed proposed legislations affecting DRT and prepared recommendations on proposed process improvements for DRT. She also led the BPT team in administering and enforcing BPT, Use Tax, Limited Gaming Tax, Hotel Occupancy Tax, Liquid Fuel Tax, Alcoholic Beverage Tax, and Tobacco Tax; supervised the private bonded warehouses operations for tobacco products to include enforcement of reconciliation processes, which had not been performed prior; and facilitated the reconciliation of Use Tax assessments, which had been backlogged for several years. She was also the point of contact for DRT for a number of audits being conducted concurrently by the Office of Public Accountability to include pressing matters such as Tobacco Tax, Use Tax, Limited Gaming Tax, and Hotel Occupancy Tax. During this time, she was also an Adjunct Faculty at the University of Guam, School of Business and Public Administration, and taught Public Personnel Administration and Leadership and Collaboration courses in the Spring of 2019.

Abigail also served as a Special Projects Coordinator with the Guam Economic Development Authority (GEDA) from 2014 to 2018. Abigail coordinated and participated in special assignments specific to promoting the economic growth of Guam, working closely with affected agencies in preparing policy recommendations and research. Abigail also served as a Staff Assistant under former Governor Edward J.B. Calvo’s Chief Fiscal Advisor, Bernadette Artero from 2011 to 2014 and was responsible for financial analyses, research and reporting of revenue and expenditure trends and played a key role in developing financial presentations for rating agencies’ annual review of GovGuam credit, and was a member of the Governor’s Fiscal Policy Committee. Abigail also served in the private sector from 2008 to 2011, as a Business Banking Officer for Bank of Hawaii, managing a portfolio of approximately 200 small business clients on Guam and assisting them with financing and restructuring needs. Prior to that, Abigail served as a Senior Budget and Finance Analyst for the Office of Finance and Budget under the Committee of Ways and Means, in the 27th, 28th, and 29th Guam Legislature from 2004 to 2008.

Abigail is currently pursuing her PhD in Business Management from Capella University and is expected to graduate in 2022. Abigail was recently issued the Doctoral Candidate badge reflective of her successful completion of required didactic courses and comprehensive exam, and advancement into the dissertation phase of the program. She continues to be in the President’s List since starting the program in 2017 for academic excellence. Abigail earned her Master’s Degree in Public Administration in 2015 and her Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and Economics, cum laude in 2004, both from the University of Guam. While in college, she was on the President’s List and National Dean’s List.

Abigail was also selected from over a hundred of applicants from across the Micronesia to join a class of 20 for the 2013 Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) managed by the Graduate School USA’s Pacific Islands Training Initiative, with funding from the United States Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs. The ELDP is designed to respond to the emerging personnel needs the insular governments continue to face by providing customized leadership training to insular government employees. She completed the program in June 2013. As a continuation of the program, Abigail also completed the Advanced Executive Leadership Development Program in March 2018.

Abigail is the daughter of Cesar and Angela Reyes of Dededo. Cesar is a retired pipefitter at the Guam Shipyard and Angela is a retired bank employee. Abigail is with Pete Ofeciar, MPA, a Customs and Quarantine Officer III, and together, they have three sons, Miguel Angelo, Kyle Christopher, and Pete Nicolas. They are expecting their fourth child in March of 2021. Her values are deeply rooted in her faith in God as instilled by her parents. She also attributes her professional drive and work ethics to her parents.