The United States postmaster general (PMG) is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The PMG is responsible for managing and directing the day-to-day operations of the agency.
The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the governing body of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The board oversees the activities of the Postal Service,while the postmaster general actively manages its day-to-day operations.
John E. "Jack" Potter is the president and CEO of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority since July 18,2011. He is the former United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service (USPS),having become the 72nd postmaster general on June 1,2001. Potter is the second longest-serving postmaster general,following Gideon Granger.
Daniel Mark Tangherlini is an American government official who currently serves as a Governor of the United States Postal Service. He served as administrator of the United States General Services Administration from 2012 to 2015. Unanimously approved to the post by the United States Senate on June 27,2013,he had served as Acting Administrator since his appointment by President Barack Obama on April 2,2012. He earlier served as an executive in the U.S. Department of the Treasury,as City Administrator of Washington,D.C.,and as interim General Manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Robert Michael Duncan is a Kentucky Republican who served as the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2007 to 2009. Throughout his career,he has served on the boards of a variety of public- and private-sector organizations. Duncan was chairman,president,and CEO of Inez Deposit Bank in Inez,Kentucky,which merged with First State Bank in February 2021. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service and previously served as its chairman.
The National Rural Letter Carriers' Association (NRLCA) is an American labor union that represents the Rural letter carriers of the United States Postal Service. The purpose of this Association shall be to "improve the methods used by rural letter carriers,to benefit their conditions of labor with the United States Postal Service (USPS),and to promote a fraternal spirit among its members."
Edward Emmett Kaufman is a retired American politician and businessman who served as a United States senator from Delaware from 2009 to 2010. He chaired the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program;he was the second and final person to hold the position,succeeding Elizabeth Warren. Kaufman is a member of the Democratic Party.
Dan Gregory Blair currently serves as an independent senior consultant to the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Formerly,Blair served in senior positions in the nonprofit sector. He served as a senior counselor examining and recommending reforms on the presidential appointments process for the Center on Presidential Transition. He also served as Fellow and Senior Counselor at the Bipartisan Policy Center and led a task force of government and private sector management experts charged with examining government oversight issues. He also advises private sector clients on a broad array of government management and postal issues.
Ron Bloom is an American economic advisor who served as a senior official in the Obama Administration from February 2009 to August 2011. This included working as the Assistant to the President for Manufacturing Policy between February 2011 and August 2011,in the Department of the Treasury as a senior advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury,as a member of the President's Task Force on the Automotive Industry,and as senior counselor to the president for manufacturing policy. From 1996 to 2008,Bloom served as special assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers. Bloom also worked for the investment banking firm Lazard on two occasions,the second as Vice Chairman,U.S Investment Banking. Bloom is the vice chair and a managing partner of Brookfield Asset Management and served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.
Patrick R. Donahoe was the 73rd United States Postmaster General,having been appointed to the post on October 25,2010. A 35-year veteran of the Postal Service,he reported to the Postal Service Board of Governors.
Megan Jane Brennan served as the seventy-fourth Postmaster General of the United States. Brennan became the first woman to hold the office when she assumed the position on February 1,2015.
Derek Tai-Ching Kan is an American business executive and government official who has served as a Governor of the United States Postal Service since 2022. He served as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget between July to December 2020. Kan also served as the under secretary of transportation for policy from 2017 to 2019.
Louis DeJoy is an American businessman serving as the 75th U.S. postmaster general. He was appointed in May 2020 by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service (USPS). Prior to the appointment,he was the founder and CEO of the logistics and freight company New Breed Logistics and was a major Republican Party donor and fundraiser. DeJoy is the first postmaster in two decades without prior experience in the USPS. Controversially,his companies still hold active service contracts with the USPS.
Joe Biden assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
The 2020-2021 United States Postal Service crisis is a series of events that have caused backlogs and delays in the delivery of mail by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The crisis stems primarily from changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy shortly after taking office in June 2020. The delays have had substantial legal,political,economic,and health repercussions.
Following his election victory in 2020,U.S. president Joe Biden had 4,000 political appointments to make to the federal government. Of those 4,000 political appointments,more than 1250 require Senate confirmation. Upon taking office,Biden quickly placed more than 1,000 high-level officials into roles that did not require confirmation. As of May 26,2022,according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service,381 nominees have been confirmed by the United States Senate,6 have been announced,140 are being considered by the Senate,and 102 tracked positions have no nominee.
Anton G. Hajjar is an American labor and employment attorney who is a governor of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. Hajjar was previously general counsel of the American Postal Workers Union.
Amber Faye McReynolds is an American election administration expert who is a member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. McReynolds is the chief executive of the National Vote at Home Institute,which supports the expansion of postal voting in the United States.
Gabriel Patrick Sanchez is an American lawyer and judge who is a United States Circuit Judge to of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He served an associate judge of the California Court of Appeal,First Appellate District from 2018 to 2022.
