U.S. Postal Service chief operating officer John E. Potter has been named the 72nd U.S. Postmaster General, succeeding William J. Henderson, who is leaving office at the end of this month, after three years at the position.
Jack’s hands-on experience in postal management makes him the ideal candidate to focus on improving productivity and trimming costs, ” said Ed Gleiman, the former chairman of the
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Postal Rate Commission and current Direct Marketing Association (DMA) postal reform lobbyist, in a statement.
Potter began his postal career in 1978 as a distribution clerk in Westchester County, NY, just north of New York City. He moved on to hold several staff positions in the Northeast Area Office. In 1986 he advanced to the Postal Career Executive Service as regional manager. He moved to USPS headquarters in 1989 and later served as the manager, capital metro operations.
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