[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68019-68020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27124]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Performance Review Board Appointments

AGENCY: Office of Human Resource Management, Departmental Management, 
USDA.

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 (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 
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 
adjustments.

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; Batta, Todd; Gonzales, Oscar; Harden, Krysta.; 
Holtzman, Max T.; MacMillan, Anne; Wheelock, Leslie.

Departmental Management (OAO, OALJ, OCIO, OHRM, OHSEC, OJO, OO, OPPM, 
and OSDBU) and Staff Offices (OASCR, OCE, OC, OCFO, OCR, OGC and NAD)

    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; Cook, Cheryl L.; Davenport, Peter; Foster, Andrea L.; 
Glauber, Joseph; Grahn, David P.; Hawk, Gilbert; 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; Klurfeld, Roger J.; 
Leland, Arlean; Leonard, Joe; Linden, Ralph A.; Lippold, David; Lowe, 
Christopher S.; Lowe, Stephen O.; Maddux, Sheryl; McClam, Charles; 
Milton, William; Moulton, Robert Jeffrey; Parker, Carolyn C.; Parham, 
Gregory L.; Paul, Matt; Pfaeffle, Frederick; Pino, Lisa; Repass, Todd; 
Robinson, Quinton; Romero, Ramona; Ruiz, Carl Martin; Shearer, David 
P.; Shorter, Malcom; Speed, Randy L.; Turner, Calvin; Vos, John P.; 
Wallace, Charles; Ware, Joseph A.; Washington, Gary S.; White, John S.; 
Wilburn, Curtis; Wiley, Curtis; Wilusz, Lisa; Wright, Ann; Young, 
Benjamin; Young, Mike; Zehren, Christopher J.

Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP)

    Avalos, Ed; Cordova, Elvis; Walsh, Joani L.

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, 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

    Hagen, Elisabet;, Ramos, Adela; Ronholm, Brian; Almanza, Alfred; 
Banegas, Ronald; 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; 
Hill, Joseph; Jones, Ronald; Kause, Janell R.; Lowe, Mary F.; Mian, 
Haroon S.; Myers, Jacqueline; Nintemann, Terri; Roth, Jane; Sidrak, 
Hany Z.; Smith, William; Stevens, Janet; Tawadrous, Armia; Tohamy, 
Soumaya M.; Watts, Michael.

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Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

    Gutter, Karis T.; Scuse, Michael; Taylor, Alexis; Vetter, Darci.

Foreign Agricultural Service

    Foster, Christian; Karsting, Philip; Nuzum, Janet; Palmieri, 
Suzanne; Quick, Bryce; Riemenschneider, Robert; Sheikh, Patricia.

Farm Service Agency

    Beyerhelm, Christopher; Dean, Telora T.; Diephouse, Gregory; 
Garcia, Juan M.; Gwinn, James; Harwood, Joy; Monahan, James; Rucker, 
Mark A.; Schmidt, John M.; Stephenson, Robert; Thompson, Candace; 
Trimm, Alan; Ward, Bruce Edward; Ware, Heidi Grace.

Risk Management Agency

    Alston, Michael; Hand, Michael; Nelson, Leiann H.; Willis, Brandon 
C.; Witt, Timothy; Worth, Thomas W.

Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS)

    Arena-DeRosa, James; Arnette, Donald; Bailey Jr., Robin David; 
Barnes, Darlene; Burr, David Glenn; Christenson, Daniel Richa; 
Concannon, Kevin; Dombroski, Patricia; English, Timothy D.; Jackson, 
Yvette S.; Kane, Deborah J.; Ludwig, William; Mande, Jerold; Post, 
Robert C.; Rowe, Audrey; Shahin, Jessica; Thornton, Jane; Tribiano, 
Jeffrey.

Rural Development (RD)

    Ferguson, Katherine; Kunesh, Patrice; O'Brien, Doug.

Rural Business Service

    Hadjy, Pandor; Parker, Chadwick O.

Rural Housing Service

    Allen, Joyce; Banegas, Ronald; Davis, Richard A.; Glendenning, 
Roger; Hannah, Thomas; Hooper, Bryan; Primrose, Edna; Ross, Robert H.; 
Salguero, Francisco.

Rural Utilities Service

    Ackerman, Kenneth; Adams, Keith; Adelstein, Jonathan S.; Bojes, 
Gary; Elgohary, Nivin; Padalino, John C.; Ponti-Lazaruk, Jacqueline; 
Zufolo, Jessica.

Natural Resources and Environment

    Blazer, Arthur; Bonnie, Robert Farrell; Harrell, Meryl; Mills, Ann 
C.

Forest Service

    Agpaoa, Elizabeth; Atkinson, Kathleen; Bedwell, James; Blount, 
Emilee; Brown, Thomas C.; 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; 
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, A. 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.; Richmond, Charles S.; Ries, Paul F.; 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; Golden, Micheal; 
Herbert, Noller; Honeycutt, C. Wayne; Jordan, Leonard; Kramer, Anthony; 
Kunze, Stephen; Laur, Michele; Perry, Janet; Reed, Lesia; Salinas, 
Salvador; Sims, Richard; Smith, David W.; Suarez Oliva, Carlos; Weller, 
Jason; Wilkes, Homer L.

Research, Education and Economics

    Abebe, Yeshimebet; Bartuska, Ann; Onwulata, Charles; Ramaswamy, 
Gita; Woteki, Catherine.

Agricultural Research Service

    Ahuja, Lajpat R.; Allen, Lindsay; Arnold, Jeffrey G.; Baldus, Lisa; 
Brennan, Deborah; Brenner, Richard; Bretting, Peter K.; Chandler, 
Laurence; Cleveland, Thomas; Cregan, Perry B.; Erhan, Sevin; Fayer, 
Ronald; Gay, Cyril G.; Gibson, Paul; Gottwald, Timothy R.; Hackett, 
Kevin J.; Hammond, Andrew; Harris, Ellen; 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; Kochian, Leon V.; Kunickis, Sheryl; 
Lillehoj, Hyun S.; Lindsay, James A.; Liu, Simon; Loper, Joyce E.; 
Magill, Robert; Marshall, David; Matteri, Robert; Mattoo, Autar K.; 
McGuire, Michael; McMurtry, John; Nackman, Ronald J.; 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; Teal, Peter; 
Upchurch, Dan; Vogel, Kenneth P.; Whalen, Maureen; Willett, Julious L.; 
Yates, Allison; 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.; Bass, Robert; Bennett, Norman; Clark, Cynthia; 
Hamer, Jr., Hubert; Harris, James Mark; Parsons, Joseph L.; Picanso, 
Robin; Prusacki, Joseph; Reilly, Joseph; Valivullah, Michael.

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

    Broussard, Meryl; Desbois, Michel; Holland, Robert E.; Montgomery, 
Cynthia R.; Otto, Ralph; Qureshi, Muquarrab A.; Ramaswamy, Sony; 
Sheely, Deborah.

DATES: Effective October 24, 2013.

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].

    Dated: November 1, 2013.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-27124 Filed 11-12-13; 8:45 am]
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