USPTO Leadership

Learn more about the USPTO leadership by reading members' biographies.

• Teresa Stanek Rea

  Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the USPTO

• Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino

  Commissioner for Patents

• Deborah Cohn

  Commissioner for Trademarks

• Peter C. Pappas

  Chief of Staff

• Shira Perlmutter

  Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs

• Frederick Steckler

  Chief Administrative Officer

• Todd Elmer

  Chief Communications Officer

• Anthony P. Scardino

  Chief Financial Officer

• John Owens II

  Chief Information Officer

• Bernard Knight

  General Counsel

• Raymond Chen

  Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor

• Bismarck Myrick

  Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity