John E. Potter

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John E. Potter

John E. "Jack" Potter (born 1956 in the Bronx , New York City ) is a former US government official. He was the 72nd United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service from June 1, 2001 to December 3, 2010  . Before that he was COO of the Postal Service . He also held the office of Vice President and was responsible for employer-employee relations. He also held a number of other senior positions.

In April 2002, Potter submitted the USPS Transformation Plan to the US Congress in response to the many challenges the Postal Service was facing, such as the use of new technology. These challenges threatened the Postal Service's financial and commercial viability. This plan presented short- and long-term opportunities for change and should be viewed as a sub-basis for the Postal Reform And Accountability Act (HR 6407) in late 2006, the first postal reform since the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act .

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

On October 26, 2010, John Potter announced his resignation before the Board of Governors , the governing body of the Postal Authority, which became effective on December 3 of the same year. He did not give a reason for this; however, it was suspected that the decision was related to the recent refusal of the Postal Regulator to approve a fee increase proposed by Potter. For example, postage stamps for so-called “first-class mail” - letters, postcards and small parcels - should cost 46 cents instead of 44 cents in future. Only Gideon Granger had held the post of Postmaster General longer than Potter between 1801 and 1814 ; at that time it still had cabinet rank . Potter's deputy Patrick R. Donahoe was nominated as his successor . He took over the post after the resignation became effective.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Washington Post: Postmaster general to retire (October 26, 2010)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Potter, John E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Potter, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 72nd U.S. Postmaster General
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City