# Performance Review Board
**AGENCY:**
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice of revised board members.
**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). This is an update to the recently published *Federal Register* notice (published on July 16, 2024), to reflect a board member serving in the role of a new position as the Interim Chief Public Engagement Officer.
**ADDRESSES:**
Office of Human Resources, USPTO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Lari B. Washington, Director, Human Capital Management, USPTO, at 571-272-5187.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The membership of the USPTO's PRB is as follows:
Derrick Brent, Chair, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO
Frederick W. Steckler, Vice Chair, Chief Administrative Officer, USPTO
Vaishali Udupa, 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
David L. Berdan, General Counsel, USPTO
Scott D. Ewalt, Interim Chief Public Engagement Officer, USPTO
Sharon Israel, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs, USPTO
Gerard F. Rogers, Chief Administrative Trademark Judge, USPTO
Scott R. Boalick, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, USPTO
Bismarck Myrick, Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity, USPTO
Cara Duckworth, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, USPTO
Shirin Bidel-Niyat, Chief of Staff, USPTO
*Alternates:*
Robin Evans, Deputy Commissioner for Patents, USPTO
Amy Cotton, Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, USPTO
Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.