What:

Installation ceremony for Santa Ana Postmaster

Who:

USPS Manager of Post Office Operations Jackie Ahumada will swear in Alex Alvarez as Santa Ana Postmaster

When:

Thursday, August 11, 2022, at 11:00 a.m.

Where:

Santa Ana Post Office, 2201 N Grand Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92711

Background:

Alvarez began his postal career in 1998 as a temporary carrier, shortly after graduating high school. He became a career employee in 2002. He has worked in a variety of management positions which include Supervisor Customer Service in Santa Ana, and Manager Customer Service in various post offices including Spurgeon, Fountain Valley, and Laguna Beach/Aliso Viejo.  Alvarez worked as an Officer in Charge in Orange, CA in 2016 and was later selected as Postmaster Mission Viejo Post Office in 2017. He was selected as Postmaster of Santa Ana in 2020.

The Postal Service is continually innovating to provide first-class service which can be seen in the Postmaster General’s Delivering for America 10-Year Plan.

Alvarez enjoys traveling and spending as much time as possible with his family. He is married to Denisse and they have three young children together: Julian, Aldo, and Ivan.

Alvarez will manage an office with 380 employees and 197 delivery routes. There are over 120,000 delivery points for the entire city of Santa Ana. The city has 9 retail units and 4 separate delivery units.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operations.

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