John E. Potter

John E. Potter is the current United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service, becoming the 72nd Postmaster General on June 1, 2001.

Prior to becoming Postmaster General, he had been Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Postal Service. He also served as Vice President, Labor Relations, as well as a number of other senior operational positions.

In April 2002, Potter submitted the "USPS Transformation Plan" to Congress in response to the many challenges the Postal Service faced, such as new uses of technology. These challenges threatened the financial and commercial viability of the Postal Service. The "Transformation Plan" laid out short- and long-term options for change and was partial basis for the landmark "Postal Reform And Accountability Act" (H.R. 6407) in late 2006-- the first postal reform since the "Postal Reorganization Act" of 1970.

Potter holds a high school degree from Cardinal Spellman High School (New York City), a degree in economics from Fordham University, and a master's degree in management from the Sloan Fellows program at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

External links

* [http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/leadership/bios/potter_john.htm Official U.S. Postal Service website biography for John E. Potter]
* [http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/M-R/Potter-John-E-1956.html John E. Potter's biography from the International Directory of Business Biographies]