# Performance Review Board Appointments
**AGENCY:**
Office of Human Resources Management, Departmental Management, USDA.
**ACTION:**
Notice of appointment.
**SUMMARY:**
This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and Senior Level (SL) and Scientific or Professional (ST) Performance Review Boards (PRB) for the Department of Agriculture, as required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). Agriculture has a total of six PRBs: the Secretary's PRB; Departmental Management and Staff Offices PRB; Natural Resources and Environment PRB; Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, Rural Development, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services PRB; Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Food Safety PRB; and Research, Education, and Economics PRB. The PRBs comprise of career and noncareer executives and Chairpersons to make recommendations on the performance of executives to the Secretary, including performance ratings and bonuses for SES, SL, and ST employees. The boards meet annually to review and evaluate performance appraisal documents and provide written recommendations to the Secretary for final approval of performance ratings and base salary increases.
**DATES:**
Effective October 24, 2014.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
William Milton, Director, Office of Human Resources Management, telephone: (202) 690-2139, email: *[email protected]* or Patricia Moore, Director, Executive Resources Management Division, telephone: (202) 720-8629, email: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the following executives may be appointed by mission areas to the USDA PRBs:
**Office of the Secretary**
Baenig, Brian; Christenson, Daniel; Wheelock, Leslie
**Departmental Management (OAO, OBPA, OCIO, OCFO, OHSE, OHRM, OJO, OO and OPPM) and Staff Offices (ASCR, OCE, OC, OCR, OGC and NA)**
Batta, Todd; Parham, Gregory L.; Baumes, Harry S.; Bender, Stuart; Bice, Donald; Black, David O.; Brewer, John; Bumbary-Langston, Inga P.; Christian, Lisa A.; Clanton, Michael W.; Coffee, Richard; Cook, Cheryl L.; Foster, Andrea L.; Glauber, Joseph; Grahn, David P.; Heard, Robin; Hohenstein, William G.; Holladay, Jon; Hunter, Joyce; Jackson, Yvonne T.; Jeanquart, Roberta; Jenson, William; Johansson, Robert C.; Jones, Carmen: Jones, Diem Linh L.; Kelly, Janet Karlease; Leland, Arlean; Leonard, Joe; Linden, Ralph A.; Lippold, David; Lowe, Christopher S.; Lowe, Stephen O.; McClam, Charles; Milton, William; Moulton, Robert Jeffrey; Paul, Matt; Parker, Carolyn C.; Pfaeffle, Frederick; Repass, Todd; Ruiz, Carl Martin; Shorter, Malcom; Shearer, David P.; Turner, Calvin; Vos, John P.; Ware, Joseph A.; Wallace, Charles; White, John S.; Wilburn, Curtis; Wiley, Curtis; Wilusz, Lisa; Young, Benjamin; Young, Mike; Zehren, Christopher J.
**Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP)**
Avalos, Ed; Cordova, Elvis; Woodward II, Gary
**Agricultural Marketing Service**
Alonzo, Anne; Bailey, Douglas; Barnes, Rex; Coale, Dana; Earnest, Darryl; Guo, Ruihong; McEvoy, Miles; Morris, Craig; Neal, Arthur; Parrott, Charles W.
**Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service**
Bandla, Murali; Bech, Rebecca; Berger, Philip; Blakely, Cheryle L; Brown, Charles; Clark, Larry; Clay, William; Clifford, John; Davidson, Mark L.; Diaz-Soltero, Hilda; Dick, Jere; El Lissy, Osama A.; Firko, Michael J.; Gipson, Chester A.; Granger, Larry; Gregoire, Michael; Grode, Jeffrey; Hill, Jr., Richard; Hoffman, Neil E.; Holland, Marilyn; Huttenlocker, Robert; Jones, Bethany; Juarez, Bernadette; Kaplan, David; Lautner, Elizabeth; Levings, Randall L.; McCammon, Sally L.; McCluskey, Brian; Mendoza, Jr., Martin; Morgan, Andrea; Murphy, Virginia; Myers, Thomas; Royer, Matthew; Shea, A. Kevin; Shere, Jack; Simmons, Beverly; Smith, Cynthia; Thiermann, Alejandro B.; Thompson, Barbara L.; Watson, Michael T.; Washington, Gary S.; Wiggins, Marsha A.; Zakarka, Christine
**Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration**
Alonzo, Mary C.; Jones, Randall; Keith, Susan; Mitchell, Lawrence W.
**Food Safety**
Almanza, Alfred; Banegas, Ronald; Basu, Parthapratim; Blake, Carol L.; Chen, Vivian; Dearfield, Kerry L.; Derfler, Philip; Edelstein, Rachel; Engeljohn, Daniel; Esteban, Jose Emilio; Gilmore, Keith Allyn; Hill, Joseph; Jones, Ronald; Kause, Janell R.; Lowe, Mary F.; Mian, Haroon S.; Myers, Jacqueline; Nintemann, Terri; Ronholm, Brian; Sidrak, Hany Z.; Smith, William; Stevens, Janet; Tawadrous, Armia; Tohamy, Soumaya M; Watts, Michael
**Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services**
Gutter, Karis T; Scuse, Michael
**Foreign Agricultural Service**
Foster, Christian; Karsting, Philip; Palmieri, Suzanne; Nuzum, Janet; Quick, Bryce
**Farm Service Agency**
Beyerhelm, Christopher; Diephouse, Gregory; Garcia, Juan M.; Dolcini, Val; Harwood, Joy; Rucker, Mark A.; Schmidt, John M.; Stephenson, Robert; Thompson, Candace; Trimm, Alan; Ware, Heidi Grace
**Risk Management Agency**
Alston, Michael; Nelson, Leiann H.; Willis, Brandon C.; Witt, Timothy; Worth, Thomas W.
**Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS)**
Bailey Jr., Robin David; Barnes, Darlene; Burr, David Glenn; Concannon, Kevin; Dean, Telora; Dombroski, Patricia; English, Timothy D.; Jackson, Yvette S.; Kane, Deborah J.; Ludwig, William; Mande, Jerold; Rowe, Audrey; Shahin, Jessica; Thornton, Jane; Tribiano, Jeffrey
**Rural Development (RD)**
Ferguson, Katherine; O'Brien, Doug; Kunesh, Patrice
**Rural Business Service**
Parker, Chadwick O.
**Rural Housing Service**
Allen, Joyce; Davis, Richard A.; Glendenning, Roger; Hannah, Thomas; Hooper, Bryan; Primrose, Edna; Ross, Robert H.; Salguero, Francisco; Atkins, Anita
**Rural Utilities Service**
Adams, Keith; Ackerman, Kenneth; Bojes, Gary; Ponti-Lazaruk, Jacqueline
**Natural Resources and Environment**
Blazer, Arthur; Bonnie, Robert Farrell; Harrell, Meryl; Mills, Ann C.
**Forest Service**
Atkinson, Kathleen; Blount, Emilee; Brown, Thomas C.; Bryant, Arthur; Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Christiansen, Victoria; Cleaves, David A.; Cohen, Warren Bruce; Coleman, Angela V.; Cullen, Daniel; Dixon, Antoine; Doudrick, Robert; Ferguson, Tony; Ferrell, David L.; Foster, George S.; Friend, Alexander L.; Grant, Gordon E.; Guldin, Richard; Gutman, Theodore H.; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Harbour, Thomas C.; Hubbard, James E.; Iverson, Louis R.; Jiron, Daniel J.; Joyner, Calvin N.; Krueger, Faye L.; Lago, Jacquelyn L.; Lemly, Dennis; Lepore, Mary Beth; Lugo, Ariel E.; Mangold, Robert D.; McGuire, Jennifer; Meade, Joe L.; Meinzer, Frederick C.; Mezainis, Valdis E.; Moore, Randy; Myers, Jr., Charles L.; Nash, Douglas R.; Pena, James M.; Pendleton, Beth G.; Peterson, David L.; Phipps, John E.; Rains, Michael T.; Raphael, Martin G.; Rasure, Nora B.; Reaves, Jimmy L.; Rodriguez-Franco, Carlos; Ross, Robert J.; Sears, George A.; Shortle, Walter C.; Smith, Gregory C.; Spies, Thomas A.; Stanturf, John A.; Strong, Thelma J.; Thompson III, Frank R.; Tidwell, Thomas; Tooke, Tony; Vose, James M.; Wagner, Mary A.; Wear, David; Weldon, Leslie; West, Cynthia
**Natural Resources Conservation Service**
Barry, Gayle N.; Boozer, Astor F.; Christensen, Thomas; Coleman, Ray-Deleon J.; Erickson, Terrell; Gelburd, Diane; Herbert, Noller; Honeycutt, C. Wayne; Jordan, Leonard; Kramer, Anthony; Kunze, Stephen; Perry, Janet; Reed, Lesia; Salinas, Salvador; Smith, David W.; Suarez Oliva, Carlos; Weller, Jason; Wilkes, Homer L.
**Research, Education and Economics**
Abebe, Yeshimebet, Bartuska, Ann; Woteki, Catherine
**Agricultural Research Service**
Ahuja, Lajpat R.; Allen, Lindsay; Arnold, Jeffrey G.; Baldus, Lisa; Brennan, Deborah; Bahar, Mojdeh; Bretting, Peter K.; Chandler, Laurence; Cleveland, Thomas; Erhan, Sevin; Fayer, Ronald; Gay, Cyril G.; Gibson, Paul; Gottwald, Timothy R.; Hackett, Kevin J.; Hammond, Andrew; Hatfield, Jerry L.; Hefferan, Colien; Huber, Steven C.; Hunt, Patrick G.; Jackson, Thomas J.; Jacobs-Young, Chavonda; Jenkins, Johnie Norton; Kappes, Steven; Kochian, Leon V.; Kunickis, Sheryl; Lillehoj, Hyun S.; Lindsay, James A.; Liu, Simon; Loper, Joyce E.; Magill, Robert; Matteri, Robert; Mattoo, Autar K.; McGuire, Michael; McMurtry, John; Nackman, Ronald J; Onwulata, Charles: Ort, Donald R.; Pollak, Emil; Rango, Albert; Riley, Ronald T.; Sebesta, Paul; Shafer, Steven; Starke-Reed, Pamela; Simmons, Mary W.; Smith, Timothy P.; Spence, Joseph; Suarez, David Lee; Swietlik, Dariusz; Upchurch, Dan; Whalen, Maureen; Willett, Julious L.; Zhang, Howard
**Economic Research Service**
Bianchi, Ronald; Bohman, Mary; Munisamy, Gopinath; Pompelli, Gregory K.; Variyam, Jayachandran N.; Weinberg, Marca J.
**National Agricultural Statistics Service**
Barnes, Kevin L.; Hamer, Jr., Hubert; Harris, James Mark; Parsons, Joseph L.; Picanso, Robin; Reilly, Joseph; Valivullah, Michael
**National Institute of Food and Agriculture**
Broussard, Meryl; Desbois, Michel; Holland, Robert E.; Montgomery, Cynthia R.; Qureshi, Muquarrab A.; Ramaswamy, Sonny
Dated: November 5, 2014.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary.