The USPTO Military Association (UMA) quarterly membership meeting met March 21 in the Clara Barton Auditorium of the Madison building.

During the meeting, members were able to hear from Bismarck Myrick, the USPTO Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity, as well as USPTO Chief Administrative Officer and UMA Executive Sponsor Fred Steckler. Both senior leaders highlighted the importance of the UMA and all agency voluntary employee organizations while working within a geographically distributed workforce.

UMA members also heard about past accomplishments from past president Alford Kindred, future plans from current president Robin Hylton, UMA communications efforts from secretary Elizabeth Caraway, and the treasurer’s report from Christian Laureano-DeJesus.

A social hour at Foster’s Grille followed the meeting.