Nancy Cornelio has been promoted to the position of postmaster of the New Canaan Post Office in Fairfield County. 

She will be installed to that post in a ceremony at the New Canaan Post Office, 2 Pine Street in New Canaan, at 11 am on April 30, 2010.  The public is invited to attend.

According to Doreen Reichard, Manager of Post Office Operations for the Connecticut Valley District of the Postal Service, candidates for postmaster positions are selected competitively through a series of interviews.   Education, work experience, and capabilities pertinent to the assignment are evaluated prior to acceptance.

“Today’s Postal Service requires a vast array of skilled persons to work with our customers, to maintain our retail and delivery operations, and to manage our complex network of employee programs,” explained Ms. Reichard.  “One of the strengths of the Postal Service is our commitment to our employees in bringing them up through the ranks. I am delighted that Nancy Cornelio’s talents and interests will now deliver to the public in an expanded capacity.  That’s good news for us all.”

Postmaster Nancy Cornelio follows in a long tradition of postal service in the community, where the first postmaster Samuel St John was documented as being appointed in 1818.

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