MEETING AGENDA AND ATTENDANCE

Meeting Date/Time: November 8th, 2017 1:30pm – 3:00pm

Location: USDA, 1400 Independence Ave, SW, 1st Floor, Room 1052(c) (between 12th and 

14th-Blue, Orange and Silver lines stop directly at USDA)

Agenda and Highlights:

1) COFO Website Update. Please share your thoughts on additions, deletions and changes 

to deliver an improved website for the COFO community

2) Report out on feedback received on the Annual Conference

3) Sexual Harassment Concerns. How have you assisted visitors who raise sexual 

harassment concerns? What are the challenges? What guidance can you share with the 

group?

4) Update on upcoming election of COFO Officers

5) Additional topics raised by Members

6) How does your office make use of technology? In your experience, what works and what 

is on your wish list?

7) Have you been asked to participate in a formal process, an IG Complaint or the EEO 

process for example? How did you handle the request, what advice can you share with 

the group?

8) Additional topics raised by Members

Attendees:

In-Person

Barrar, Riley – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Brown, Andrea – United States Patent and Trademark Office

Dea, Joanne – United States Department of Agriculture

Gudwin, Ariel - United States Department of Agriculture

Maurer, Bill – Department of Energy

Pritzker, David – Administrative Conference of the United States

Sotoudeh, Paul – United States Patent and Trademark Office

Willatt, Gareth – Department of Energy

Phone 
Balick, Howard - Department of Health and Human Services

Barrera, Michael – Small Business Administration

Behr, Virginia – Department of Health and Human Services

Berg, Mollie – Department of Homeland Security

Bletsch, Virgie - Department of Health and Human Services

Bookstein, Monique – Department of Justice

Breeden, Kathy – Department of Transportation

Caetano, Fernando – Department of the Interior

Dean, Karen – United States Patent and Trademark Office

Dodson, Shireen – Department of State

Epps, Ayanna – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Fleming, Tasha – Department of Justice

Fox, Angela – Department of Justice

Gartlan, Jennifer – Federal Maritime Commission

Gleason, Peggy - Department of Homeland Security

Gordon, Laurel – Department of Justice

Hill, Gary – Department of Defense

Hurley, Nathan - Department of Health and Human Services

Lee, Joy – National Credit Union Administration

Lenkel, Laurie - Department of Health and Human Services

Levine, Lisa – Department of Justice

Little, Tim – Department of State

Luckam, Stephanie - Department of Homeland Security

Marx, Lauren – Chi Resolutions

McNeil, Tracy – United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Merrix, Celeste - Department of Homeland Security

Michael, David - Department of Health and Human Services

Milner, Heather – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Morey, Chauncenette – Department of Justice

Raines, Eric – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Reilly, Kevin – National Aerospace and Space Agency

Reinfurt, Sandy – Department of Justice

Roberts, Sara - Department of Homeland Security

Rowe, Mary – Chi Resolutions

Sage, Melissa - Department of Health and Human Services

Stukes, Jock – Department of Defense

Thompson, Darlene - United states Department of Agriculture

Turner, Courtney - Department of Health and Human Services

Walker, Don – Department of Defense

Watson, Michele – Department of Defense

Weber, Guy – Department of Defense

Whittington, Fred (Whitt) – Department of Labor

Wynder, Rea - Department of Homeland Security

Zeller, Jessica - Department of Health and Human Services