USPS announces succession plan for Postmaster General DeJoy

By Linn’s Staff

In a Feb. 18 news report, the United States Postal Service announced that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has notified the Postal Service’s board of governors that it is time to begin identifying his successor.

“Louis DeJoy has steadfastly served the nation and the Postal Service over the past five years,” Amber McReynolds, chairwoman of the board of governors, said. “The Governors greatly appreciate his enduring leadership and his tireless efforts to modernize the Postal Service and reverse decades of neglect.”

“After four and half years leading one of America’s greatest public institutions through dramatic change during unusual times,” DeJoy said, “it is time for me to start thinking about the next phase of my life, while also ensuring that the Postal Service is fully prepared for the future.”

DeJoy was appointed postmaster general in spring 2020.

“After many years of strategic neglect and underinvestment in people and infrastructure, he took on the responsibility of leading the Postal Service with the understanding that a massive, long-term transformation and modernization effort was needed,” the USPS said.

Working with the board of governors, DeJoy and his team moved quickly to develop the 10-year Delivering for America plan.

According to the Postal Service, “The Delivering for America plan gave the organization well-defined strategies to establish a best-in-class operational model to drive network efficiency and capability; business model changes to address unsustainable legislative and regulatory mandates; product and pricing strategies to grow revenue; and investment in people, facilities, vehicles and technology to create more effective and modern workplaces.”

DeJoy also spearheaded a complete organizational transformation to improve the Postal Service’s efficiency and operations.

“Under DeJoy’s tenure, this disruptive transformation changed practically every process, function and operation of the Postal Service for the better,” the USPS said. “DeJoy acknowledged that the essential need for change, given the critically distressed financial and operational conditions of the Postal Service, caused service issues for the American people that he wished could have been avoided, but also recognized that the transformation was vitally necessary for the Postal Service to not only survive, but also thrive.”

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