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Monday, November 10, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Performance Review Board 

Appointments 

AGENCY: Office of Human Resources 

Management, Departmental 

Management, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of appointment. 

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 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. 

DATES: Effective October 24, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Milton, Director, Office of 

Human Resources Management, 

telephone: (202) 690–2139, email: 

william.milton@dm.usda.gov or Patricia 

Moore, Director, Executive Resources 

Management Division, telephone: (202) 

720–8629, email: patty.moore@

dm.usda.gov. 

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; Christenson, Daniel; 

Wheelock, Leslie 

Departmental Management (OAO, 

OBPA, OCIO, OCFO, OHSE, OHRM, 

OJO, OO and OPPM) and Staff Offices 

(ASCR, OCE, OC, OCR, OGC and NA) 

Batta, Todd; Parham, Gregory L.; 

Baumes, Harry S.; Bender, Stuart; 

Bice, Donald; Black, David O.; 

Brewer, John; Bumbary-Langston, Inga 

P.; Christian, Lisa A.; Clanton, 

Michael W.; Coffee, Richard; Cook, 

Cheryl L.; Foster, Andrea L.; Glauber, 

Joseph; Grahn, David P.; 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; Leland, Arlean; 

Leonard, Joe; Linden, Ralph A.; 

Lippold, David; Lowe, Christopher S.; 

Lowe, Stephen O.; McClam, Charles; 

Milton, William; Moulton, Robert 

Jeffrey; Paul, Matt; Parker, Carolyn C.; 

Pfaeffle, Frederick; Repass, Todd; 

Ruiz, Carl Martin; Shorter, Malcom; 

Shearer, David P.; Turner, Calvin; 

Vos, John P.; Ware, Joseph A.; 

Wallace, Charles; White, John S.; 

Wilburn, Curtis; Wiley, Curtis; 

Wilusz, Lisa; Young, Benjamin; 

Young, Mike; Zehren, Christopher J. 

Marketing and Regulatory Programs 

(MRP) 

Avalos, Ed; Cordova, Elvis; Woodward 

II, Gary 

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, A. 

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 

Almanza, Alfred; Banegas, Ronald; 

Basu, Parthapratim; Blake, Carol L.; 

Chen, Vivian; Dearfield, Kerry L.; 

Derfler, Philip; Edelstein, Rachel; 

Engeljohn, Daniel; Esteban, Jose 

Emilio; Gilmore, Keith Allyn; Hill, 

Joseph; Jones, Ronald; Kause, Janell 

R.; Lowe, Mary F.; Mian, Haroon S.; 

Myers, Jacqueline; Nintemann, Terri; 

Ronholm, Brian; Sidrak, Hany Z.; 

Smith, William; Stevens, Janet; 

Tawadrous, Armia; Tohamy, Soumaya 

M; Watts, Michael 

Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services 

Gutter, Karis T; Scuse, Michael 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Foster, Christian; Karsting, Philip; 

Palmieri, Suzanne; Nuzum, Janet; 

Quick, Bryce 

Farm Service Agency 

Beyerhelm, Christopher; Diephouse, 

Gregory; Garcia, Juan M.; Dolcini, Val; 

Harwood, Joy; Rucker, Mark A.; 

Schmidt, John M.; Stephenson, 

Robert; Thompson, Candace; Trimm, 

Alan; Ware, Heidi Grace 

Risk Management Agency 

Alston, Michael; Nelson, Leiann H.; 

Willis, Brandon C.; Witt, Timothy; 

Worth, Thomas W. 

Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services 

(FNCS) 

Bailey Jr., Robin David; Barnes, Darlene; 

Burr, David Glenn; Concannon, 

Kevin; Dean, Telora; Dombroski, 

Patricia; English, Timothy D.; Jackson, 

Yvette S.; Kane, Deborah J.; Ludwig, 

William; Mande, Jerold; Rowe, 


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Audrey; Shahin, Jessica; Thornton, 

Jane; Tribiano, Jeffrey 

Rural Development (RD) 

Ferguson, Katherine; O’Brien, Doug; 

Kunesh, Patrice 

Rural Business Service 

Parker, Chadwick O. 

Rural Housing Service 

Allen, Joyce; Davis, Richard A.; 

Glendenning, Roger; Hannah, 

Thomas; Hooper, Bryan; Primrose, 

Edna; Ross, Robert H.; Salguero, 

Francisco; Atkins, Anita 

Rural Utilities Service 

Adams, Keith; Ackerman, Kenneth; 

Bojes, Gary; Ponti-Lazaruk, Jacqueline 

Natural Resources and Environment 

Blazer, Arthur; Bonnie, Robert Farrell; 

Harrell, Meryl; Mills, Ann C. 

Forest Service 

Atkinson, Kathleen; Blount, Emilee; 

Brown, Thomas C.; Bryant, Arthur; 

Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Christiansen, 

Victoria; Cleaves, David A.; Cohen, 

Warren Bruce; Coleman, Angela V.; 

Cullen, Daniel; Dixon, Antoine; 

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, 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.; 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, RayDeleon J.; Erickson, Terrell; Gelburd, 

Diane; Herbert, Noller; Honeycutt, C. 

Wayne; Jordan, Leonard; Kramer, 

Anthony; Kunze, Stephen; Perry, 

Janet; Reed, Lesia; Salinas, Salvador; 

Smith, David W.; Suarez Oliva, 

Carlos; Weller, Jason; Wilkes, Homer 

L. 

Research, Education and Economics 

Abebe, Yeshimebet, Bartuska, Ann; 

Woteki, Catherine 

Agricultural Research Service 

Ahuja, Lajpat R.; Allen, Lindsay; 

Arnold, Jeffrey G.; Baldus, Lisa; 

Brennan, Deborah; Bahar, Mojdeh; 

Bretting, Peter K.; Chandler, Laurence; 

Cleveland, Thomas; Erhan, Sevin; 

Fayer, Ronald; Gay, Cyril G.; Gibson, 

Paul; 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; Kochian, Leon V.; 

Kunickis, Sheryl; Lillehoj, Hyun S.; 

Lindsay, James A.; Liu, Simon; Loper, 

Joyce E.; Magill, Robert; Matteri, 

Robert; Mattoo, Autar K.; McGuire, 

Michael; McMurtry, John; Nackman, 

Ronald J; Onwulata, Charles: Ort, 

Donald R.; Pollak, Emil; Rango, 

Albert; Riley, Ronald T.; Sebesta, 

Paul; Shafer, Steven; Starke-Reed, 

Pamela; Simmons, Mary W.; Smith, 

Timothy P.; Spence, Joseph; Suarez, 

David Lee; Swietlik, Dariusz; 

Upchurch, Dan; Whalen, Maureen; 

Willett, Julious L.; 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.; Hamer, Jr., Hubert; 

Harris, James Mark; Parsons, Joseph 

L.; Picanso, Robin; Reilly, Joseph; 

Valivullah, Michael 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

Broussard, Meryl; Desbois, Michel; 

Holland, Robert E.; Montgomery, 

Cynthia R.; Qureshi, Muquarrab A.; 

Ramaswamy, Sonny 

Dated: November 5, 2014. 

Thomas J. Vilsack, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26613 Filed 11–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–LPS–14–0081] 

Notice of Inquiry; Request for 

Comments on a New Beef Promotion, 

Research, and Information Order 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Inquiry, request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) of the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) requests public 

comments to inform its development of 

a beef promotion, research, and 

information order under the Commodity 

Promotion, Research, and Consumer 

Information Act of 1996 (1996 Act). This 

request for comments offers the 

opportunity for interested individuals 

and organizations to provide views 

concerning provisions that would be 

included in an industry-funded 

promotion, research, and information 

program for beef and beef products. The 

proposed order would be in addition to 

the existing beef promotion and 

research program established under the 

Beef Promotion and Research Act of 

1985 (1985 Act). A referendum on an 

order established under the 1996 Act 

would be conducted 3 years after 

assessments begin to determine whether 

beef producers favor the program and if 

it should continue. A second 

referendum would be held within 7 

years of the start of the program. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by December 10, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons and 

organizations are invited to submit 

written comments by any of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking: At 

www.regulations.gov, follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Comments may be sent to Beef 

Promotion, Research, and Information 

Order; Research and Promotion 

Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed 

Program; Agricultural Marketing 

Service, USDA, Room 2096–S, STOP 

0249, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0249. 

Instructions: All comments should 

reference the docket number, the date, 

and the page number of this issue of the 

Federal Register. In providing 

responsive comments concerning 

provisions of this program, please 

reference the heading below under 

which you are contributing information. 

Please be advised that all comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 


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