# Performance Review Board
**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 (USPTO) announces the appointment of persons to serve as members of its Performance Review Board (PRB). The PRB reviews and makes recommendations concerning proposed performance appraisals, ratings, bonuses, pay adjustments, and other appropriate personnel actions for incumbents of Senior Level and Senior Executive Service positions within USPTO.
**ADDRESSES:**
Office of Human Resources, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Anne T. Mendez, Director, Human Capital Management, at 571-272-6173.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The membership of the USPTO's PRB is as follows:
Laura A. Peter, Chair, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO
Frederick W. Steckler, Vice Chair, Chief Administrative Officer, USPTO
Andrew H. Hirshfeld, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO
David S. Gooder, Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO
Dennis J. Hoffman, Chief Financial Officer, USPTO
Henry J. Holcombe, Chief Information Officer, USPTO
Nicholas T. Matich IV, Acting General Counsel, USPTO
Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs, USPTO Alternates
Meryl L. Hershkowitz, Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Operations, USPTO
Andrew I. Faile, Deputy Commissioner for Patents, USPTO
Dated: September 3, 2020.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.