[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62490-62491]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Performance Review Board Appointments

AGENCY: Office of Human Resource Management, Departmental Management.

ACTION: Notice of Appointment.

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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 (PRBs) for the Department 
of Agriculture, as required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). The Department of 
Agriculture has a total of seven PRBs: The Secretary's PRB; Career 
Agency Head'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 are comprised of career and 
noncareer executives and chairpersons, who 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.

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

    Baening, Brian; Bittleman, Sarah; Bonnie, Robert Farrell; Gonzales, 
Oscar; Gutter, Karis T.; Harden, Krysta.; Hipp, Janie; Holtzman, Max 
T.; Jett, Carole E.; Jones, Carmen; MacMillan, Anne; Mande, Jerold; 
Palmieri, Suzanne; Willis, Brandon L.; Wright, Ann.

Departmental Management and Staff Offices

    Parham, Gregory L., Armstrong, Kent W.; Bange, Gerald A.; Baumes, 
Harry S.; Bender, Stuart; Bice, Donald; Black, David O.; Brady, Terence 
M.; Brewer, John; Bumbary-Langston, Inga P.; Chasteen, G. Taylor; 
Christian, Lisa A.; Clanton, Michael W.; Coffee, Richard; Farington, 
Kim S.; Foster, Andrea L.; Glauber, Joseph; Grahn, David P.; Hawk, 
Gilbert; Heard, Robin; Hobbs, Alma; Hohenstein, William G.; Holladay, 
Jon; Jackson, Yvonne T.; Jenson, William; Johansson, Robert C.; Jones, 
Diem-Linh; Kelly, Janet Karlease; Leland, Arlean; Leonard, Joe; Linden, 
Ralph A.; Lowe, Christopher S.; Lowe, Stephen O.; Maddux, Sheryl; 
McClam, Charles; Messmore, Karen; Milton, William; Moulton, Robert 
Jeffrey; Paul, Matt; Parker, Carolyn C.; Pfaeffle, Frederick; Repass, 
Todd; Romero, Ramona; Ruiz, Carl-Martin; Shearer, David P.; Speed, 
Randy L.; Turner, Calvin; Vos, John P.; Wallace, Charles; Walsh, Thomas 
M.; Watts, Michael; White, John S.; White, Sharmian L.; Wilburn, 
Curtis; Wilusz, Lisa; Young, Benjamin; Young, Mike; Zehren, Christopher 
J.

Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    Avalos, Ed; Blue, Rebecca A.; Walsh, Joan L.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Bailey, Douglas; Barnes, Rex; Coale, Dana; Earnest, Darryl; 
Epstein, Robert; Guo, Ruihong; McCullough, Catherine; McEvoy, Miles; 
Morris, Craig; Neal, Arthur; Shipman, David.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Bech, Rebecca; Berger, Philip; Brown, Charles; Clark, Larry; Clay, 
William; Clifford, John; Davidson, Mark L.; Diaz-Soltero, Hilda; Dick, 
Jere; Diez, Jose; El Lissy, Osama A.; Firko, Michael J.; Gipson, 
Chester; Granger, Larry; Green, Jeffrey; Gregoire, Michael; Harabin, 
Victor; Hill, Jr., Richard; Hoffman, Neil E.; Holland, Marilyn; 
Huttenlocker, Robert; Jones, Bethany; Kaplan, David; Lautner, 
Elizabeth; Levings, Randall L.; McCammon, Sally L.; McCluskey, Brian; 
Mendoza, Jr., Martin; Morgan, Andrea; Munno, Joanne; Myers, Thomas; 
Purcell, Roberta; Shea, A. Kevin; Shere, Jack; Simmons, Beverly; Smith, 
Cynthia; Thiermann, Alejandro B.; Watson, Michael T.; Wiggins, Marsha 
A.; Zakarka, Christine.

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

    Alonzo, Mary C.; Christian, Alan; Jones, Randall; Mitchell, 
Lawrence W.

Food Safety

    Hagen, Elisabeth; Ronholm, Brian; Almanza, Alfred; Basu, 
Parthapratim; Blake, Carol L.; Chen, Vivian; Dearfield, Kerry L.; 
Derfler, Philip; Edelstein, Rachel; Engeljohn, Daniel; Esteban, Jose 
Emilio; Garcia, Joseph L.; Gilmore, Keith Allyn; Kelley, Lynda Collins; 
Jones, Ronald; Mian, Haroon S.; Myers, Jacqueline; Nintemann, Terri; 
Roth, Jane; Sidrak, Hany Z.; Smith, William; Stevens, Janet; Stuck, 
Karen; Tawadrous, Armia.

Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

    Scuse, Michael; Vetter, Darci.

Foreign Agricultural Service

    Foster, Christian; Quick, Bryce; Nuzum, Janet; Riemenschneider, 
Robert; Sheikh, Patricia.

Farm Service Agency

    Beyerhelm, Christopher; Garcia, Juan M.; Gwinn, James; Harwood, 
Joy; Monahan, James; Nelson, Bruce; Stephenson, Robert; Thompson, 
Candace; Trimm, Alan; Ward, Bruce Edward; Ware, Heidi Grace.

Risk Management Agency

    Alston, Michael; Hand, Michael; Leach, Barbara; Murphy, William; 
Nelson, Leiann H.; Witt, Timothy; Worth, Thomas W.

Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

    Anand, Rajen; Arena-DeRosa, James; Arnette, Donald; Bailey, Jr., 
Robin David; Barnes, Darlene; Burr, David Glenn; Carlson, Steven; 
Concannon, Kevin; Dombroski, Patricia; Holden, Ollice; Jackson, Yvette 
S.; Kane, Deborah J.; Ludwig, William; Ng, Allen; O'Connor, Thomas; 
Pino, Lisa; Rowe, Audrey; Shahin, Jessica; Thornton, Jane; Tribiano, 
Jeffrey.

Rural Development

    Tonsager Dallas; Cook, Cheryl; O'Brien, Doug.

Rural Business Service

    Canales, Judith Ann; Hadjy, Pandor; Parker, Chadwick O.; Wiley, 
Curtis A.

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Rural Housing Service

    Allen, Joyce; Banegas, Ronald; Davis, Richard A.; Glendenning, 
Roger; Hannah, Thomas; Hooper, Bryan; Ross, Robert; Trevino, Tammye.

Rural Utilities Service

    Ackerman, Kenneth; Adelstein, Jonathan S.; Bojes, Gary; Elgohary, 
Nivin; Newby, James; Ponti-Lazaruk, Jacqueline; Villano, David; Zufolo, 
Jessica.

Natural Resources and Environment

    Sherman, Harris; Blazer, Arthur; Mills, Ann C.

Forest Service

    Agpaoa, Elizabeth; Atkinson, Kathleen; Bedwell, James; Bisson, 
Peter A.; Blount, Emilee; Bryant, Arthur; Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; 
Christiansen, Victoria; Cleaves, David A.; Cohen, Warren Bruce; 
Coleman, Angela V.; Connaughton, Kent P.; Cordell, Harold K.; Cullen, 
Daniel; DeCoster, Timothy P.; Dixon, Antione; Doudrick, Robert; Eav, 
Bov B.; Ferguson, Tony; Ferrell, David L.; Forsgren, Harvey L.; Foster, 
George S.; Grant, Gordon E.; Guldin, Richard; Hammel, Kenneth E.; 
Harbour, Thomas C.; Hubbard, James E.; Iverson, Louis R.; Jeffries, 
Thomas W.; Jiron, Daniel J.; Joyner, Calvin N.; Krueger, Faye L.; Lago, 
Jacquelyn L.; Lemly, A. Dennis; Lugo, Ariel E.; Mangold, Robert D.; 
McGuire, Jennifer; Meinzer, Frederick C.; Mezainis, Valdis E.; Moore, 
Randy; Muse, Debra A.; Myers, Jr., Charles L., Nash, Douglas R.; 
Newman, Corbin L.; Pena, James M.; Pendleton, Beth G.; Peterson, David 
L.; Phipps, John E.; Rains, Michael T.; Raphael, Martin G.; Reaves, 
Jimmy L.; Richmond, Charles S.; Ries, Paul F.; Rodriguez-Franco, 
Carlos; Ross, Robert J.; Ryan, Michael G.; Sears, George A.; Shortle, 
Walter C.; Smith, Gregory C.; Spies, Thomas A.; Stouder, Deanna J.; 
Strong, Thelma J.; Thompson, Robin L.; Thompson III, Frank R.; Tidwell, 
Thomas; Tooke, Tony; Wagner, Mary A.; Weldon, Leslie; West, Cynthia D.; 
Zimmermann, Anne J.

Natural Resources Conservation Service

    Boozer, Astor F.; Christensen, Thomas; Erickson, Terrell; Gelburd, 
Diane; Golden, Michael; Herbert, Noller; Honeycutt, C. Wayne; Hubbs, 
Michael; Jordan, Leonard; Kramer, Anthony; Kunze, Stephen; Laur, 
Michele; Perry, Janet; Reed, Lesia; Salinas, Salvador; Speight, Eloris; 
Washington, Gary; Weller, Jason; White, Dave.

Research, Education and Economics

    Bartuska, Ann; Woteki, Catherine.

Agricultural Research Service

    Allen, Lindsay; Arnold, Jeffrey G.; Baldus, Lisa; Brennan, Deborah; 
Brenner, Richard; Bretting, Peter K.; Chandler, Laurence; Cleveland, 
Thomas; Collins, Wanda; Cregan, Perry B.; Erhan, Sevin; Fayer, Ronald; 
Gay, Cyril G.; Gibson, Paul; Gonsalves, Dennis; 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; King, Jr., 
Edgar; Klesius, Phillip Harry; Knipling, Edward; Kochian, Leon V.; 
Kretsch, Mary; Kunickis, Sheryl; Lillehoj, Hyun S.; Lindsay, James A.; 
Liu, Simon; Loper, Joyce E.; Matteri, Robert; Mattoo, Autar K.; 
McGuire, Michael; McMurtry, John; Narang, Sudhir; Ort, Donald R.; 
Pollak, Emil; Rango, Albert; Rexroad, Jr., Caird; Riley, Ronald T.; 
Sebesta, Paul; Shafer, Steven; Simmons, Mary W., Smith, Timothy P.; 
Spence, Joseph; Suarez, David Lee; Swietlik, Dariusz; Tu, Shu-I; 
Upchurch, Dan; Vance, Carroll P.; Vogel, Kenneth P.; Willett, Julious 
L.; Yates, Allison; Zhang, Howard; Zuelke, Kurt.

Economic Research Service

    Bianchi, Ronald; Bohman, Mary.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Barnes, Kevin L.; Bass, Robert; Bennett, Norman; Clark, Cynthia; 
Hamer, Jr., Hubert; Harris, James Mark; Klurfeld, Roger J.; Parsons, 
Joseph L.; Picanso, Robin; Prusacki, Joseph; Reilly, Joseph.

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

    Boteler, Franklin; Brandon, Andrea; Broussard, Meryl; Desbois, 
Michel; Holland, Robert E.; Otto, Ralph; Qureshi, Muquarrab A.; 
Ramaswamy, Sonny; Sheely, Deborah.

DATES: Effective November 5, 2012 through November 23, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Messmore, Director, Office of 
Human Resources Management, telephone: (202) 690-2994, email: 
[email protected] or Patricia Moore, Director, Executive 
Resources Management Division, telephone: (202) 720-8629, email: 
[email protected].

    Dated: October 9, 2012.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary.
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