# Performance Review Board (PRB)
**AGENCY:**
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
In conformance with the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, the United States Patent and Trademark Office announces the appointment of persons to serve as members of its Performance Review Board.
**ADDRESSES:**
Director, Human Capital Management, Office of Human Resources, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Karen Karlinchak at (571) 272-8717.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The membership of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Performance Review Board is as follows:
*Russell D. Slifer,* Chair, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
*Frederick W. Steckler,* Vice Chair, Chief Administrative Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
*Andrew H. Hirshfeld,* Commissioner for Patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
*Mary Boney Denison,* Commissioner for Trademarks, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
*Anthony P. Scardino,* Chief Financial Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
*John B. Owens II,* Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
*Sarah T. Harris,* General Counsel, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
*Shira Perlmutter,* Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
**Alternates**
*Sharon R. Marsh,* Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
*Andrew I. Faile,* Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Dated: September 1, 2015.
Michelle K. Lee,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.