Employee & Management Services
Last Modified: Jul 6, 2021
Deputy Director
Marjorie Bolden, 301-851-2945
Workplace Resolutions & Wellness Branch (Employees Only)
Branch Chief - Charlotte Jones, 301-851-2888
MRP Labor Management Employee Relations Branch
Team A Branch Chief - Cory Brown, 202-557-0063
Strategic HR Business Partner - Ubaldo “UB” Herrera, 910-884-5568
Team B Branch Chief - Annette Cureton, 202-799-7107
Strategic HR Business Partner - Frank Sobolesky, 202-799-7087
Chief Negotiator: -Patrick O’Connor, 202-799-7088
- Manage performance and conduct of employees
- Manage performance improvement and disciplinary processes and procedures
- Contract negotiations and development of negotiation strategies
- Adjudicate grievances filed under negotiated procedures and charges of unfair labor practices
- Coordinate arbitration and Impasses Panel case handling
- Employee and Labor Relations guidance to USDA Departmental Management
Administrative Investigations & Compliance Branch
Branch Chief - Anthony A. Gabaldon, (Acting) 970-494-7422
- Investigations & fact-findings of possible misconduct involving violations of:
- Federal laws, rules, and regulations
- Travel credit care delinquency
- Computer misuse
- OIG hotline complaints
Employment Law and Hearings Branch
Branch Chief - Lorri Ittner, 202-799-7075
- Representational services before the EEOC and MSPB
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