John E. Potter
John E. " Jack " Potter ( born 1956 in the Bronx, New York City ) is a former American government official. He was from 1 June 2001 to 3 December 2010, the 72 United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service. Previously, he was COO of the Postal Service. He has also held the post of Vice President and was responsible for the employer-employee relations. He also held a number of other senior positions.
In April 2002, Potter submitted to the U.S. Congress, the USPS Transformation Plan in response to the many challenges that confronted the Postal Service, such as the use of new technologies. These challenges threatened the financial and commercial viability of the Postal Service. This Plan proposed short-and long -term opportunities for change and as part of the basis for the Postal Reform And Accountability Act (HR 6407 ) to look at in the late 2006, the first postal reform Postal Reorganization Act since 1970.
Potter has a high school diploma from Cardinal Spellman High School in New York, a graduate in Economics from Fordham University and a master's degree in business management, he acquired by the Sloan Fellows program at MIT Sloan School of Management.
On 26 October 2010 John Potter told the Board of Governors, the governing body of the post office, his resignation, which became effective on 3 December of the same year. One reason he did not give in; However, it was assumed that the decision was in the context of the recently made refusal of the post- regulatory authority to agree to a proposed by Potter Gebührenerhöhnung. So should include stamps for so-called "first-class mail " - ie letters, postcards and small packages - future 46 instead of 44 cents cost. Longer than Potter only Gideon Granger 1801-1814 the Office of the Postmaster General had exercised; at this time had it not cabinet rank. As the successor Potters Deputy Patrick R. Donahoe was nominated. He took over the post after the resignation had become valid.