[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 2015)]
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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 U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA), as required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). 
The Performance Review Board assures consistency, stability, and 
objectivity in the performance appraisal process. USDA 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, and 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 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 
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

Christenson, Daniel; Wheelock, Leslie.

Departmental Management (OAO, OBPA, OCIO, OCFO, OHSEC, OHRM, OJO, OO, 
and OPPM) and Staff Offices (ASCR, OCE, OC, OCR, OGC, and NA)

Alboum, Jonathan; Bender, Stuart; Bice, Donald; Black, David; Bumbary-
Langston, Inga; Grahn, David; Holladay, Jon; Jeanquart, Roberta; 
Johansson, Robert C.; Jones, Carmen; Jones, Diem-Linh; Leonard, Joe; 
Parham, Gregory L.; Prieto, Jeffrey; Shorter, Malcom; Ware, Joseph A.; 
Wiggins, Marsha A.; Wilusz, Lisa; Young, Michael.

Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP)

Avalos, Edward.

Agricultural Marketing Service

Barnes, Rex; Morris, Erin.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Gregoire, Michael; Shea, A. Kevin.

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Mitchell, Lawrence W.

Food Safety

Almanza, Alfred; Ronholm, Brian.

Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

Scuse, Michael.

Foreign Agricultural Service

Quick, Bryce.

Farm Service Agency

Beyerhelm, Christopher.

Risk Management Agency

Alston, Michael.

Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

Wilson, Kathryn.

Food and Nutrition Service

Dean, Telora; Jackson, Yvette.

Rural Development

Salerno, Lillian.

Rural Business Service

Parker, Chadwick O.

Rural Housing Service

Glendenning, Roger; Hernandez, Tony; Primrose, Edna.

Rural Utilities Service

Adams, Keith.

Natural Resources and Environment

Blazer, Arthur; Bonnie, Robert.

Forest Service

Blount, Emilee; Mills, Ann; Rodriguez-Franco, Carlos.

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Berns-Melhus, Kim; Norman-Barry, Gayle.

Research, Education and Economics

Bartuska, Ann.

Agricultural Research Service

Jacobs-Young, Chavonda.

Economic Research Service

Bohman, Mary; Pompelli, Gregory K.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Hamer, Jr., Hubert; Picanso, Renee; Reilly, Joseph.

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Broussard, Meryl; Ramaswamy, Sonny.


DATES: Effective November 2, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roberta Jeanquart, Director, Office of 
Human Resources Management, telephone: (202) 260-8718, email: 
[email protected] Patricia Moore, Director, Executive 
Resources Management Division, telephone: (202) 720-8629, email: 
[email protected].

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4).)

    Dated: November 3, 2015.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary.
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