About Us – Executive Budget Office

The primary responsibilities of the budget analysts are as follows:

Work with their assigned agencies in the development of the agencies' budget requests and operations plans.
Monitor spending patterns to ensure compliance with approved operations plans.
Process revisions to operations plans based on program or spending plan changes that have been approved by the Governor and State Budget Officer.
Prepare legislative bills, substitutes and amendments as requested by the Governor, Finance Director, and other administration officials.
Provide up-to-the-minute information on bill status and the effect of certain legislation on state government finances.

Name	Classification
Doryan Carlton	State Budget Officer
Hunter Meriwether	Chief Budget Analyst
Beth Ray	Budget Analyst Manager
Justin Taylor	Lead Analyst, Licensure & Regulatory Boards, Non-State Entities & Special Programs
Corbin Householder	Lead Analyst, Health & Human Services
Jeremy Lucas	Lead Analyst, Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, and Military
Casey Chancey	Lead Analyst, K-12 and Higher Education
Dominic Saxton	Lead Analyst, Industrial Development
Alyssa Isenhour	Lead Analyst, Legislative, Historic Sites, & Alabama Trust Fund
Marshall Sanders	SHERPA BFM Support
JD Grimes	Lead Analyst, Debt Service, Other Appropriations, Employees' Insurance Boards, & SHERPA BFM Support
Hilary Lee	Administrative Support Assistant I
Kiara Broadwater	State Intern

The EBO operates under the following laws:

Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96, also known as the Fletcher Budget Act, which embodies the original budget authority;
Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12, also known as the Budget Management Act, which expands the scope of the budget authority and financial management and requires the EBO to assist the Governor and agencies in the preparation of program and financial plans, develop form and content of budget submission packages, review operations plans of the state agencies, and report quarterly to the Governor and Legislature on agency operations;
Constitutional Amendment 26, which prohibits deficit spending;
Constitutional Amendment 448, which requires the Governor to submit the executive budget proposal to the Legislature on or before the second legislative day.