As the governing body of the Postal Service, the 11-member Board of Governors has responsibilities comparable to a board of directors of a publicly held corporation. The Board is comprised of nine Governors appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate. No more than five Governors can be members of the same political party.
The other two members of the Board are the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General. The Governors appoint the Postmaster General, who serves at their pleasure without a specific term of office. The Governors, together with the Postmaster General, appoint the Deputy Postmaster General.
From left to right: Thurgood Marshall, Jr., James H. Bilbray, Vice Chairman Louis J. Giuliano, Ellen C. Williams, Chairman Carolyn Lewis Gallagher, James C. Miller III, Mickey D. Barnett, Alan C. Kessler.
Carolyn Lewis Gallagher, Chairman
Appointed November 2004. Term expires December 2009. Member, Compensation and Management Resources Committee. Former President and CEO of Texwood Furniture, Inc. Former Trustee and Chairman, Texas Employees’ Retirement System. Appointed by President Bush in 2003 to serve on the President’s Commission on the USPS.
Louis J. Giuliano, Vice Chairman
Appointed November 2004. Term expires December 2014. Chairman, Compensation and Management Resources Committee, and Chairman, Operations Subcommittee. Member, Audit and Finance Committee. Former Chairman of Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of ITT Corp. Director of the John Maneely Company and Senior Advisor at the Carlyle Group.
Mickey D. Barnett
Appointed August 2006. Term expires December 2013. Co-Chair, Governance and Strategic Planning Committee, and member, Audit and Finance Committee. Attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Former member, New Mexico State Senate. Former member, Appellate Nominating Commission for the New Mexico Supreme Court of Appeals. Former Legislative Assistant to Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico.
James H. Bilbray
Appointed August 2006. Term expires December 2015. Member, Governance and Strategic Planning Committee and member, Government Relations and Regulatory Committee. Attorney in Las Vegas, Nevada. Former member, U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada. Former member, Nevada State Senate. Former Deputy District Attorney in Clark County, Nevada.
Alan C. Kessler
Appointed November 2000. Term expired December 2008. Nominated for a second term expiring December 2015. Past Chairman of the Board of Governors for 2008. Co-Chair, Governance and Strategic Planning Committee. Partner at Duane Morris, LLP. Former Vice Chair of the Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management. Serves on Boards of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. Former commissioner for Lower Merion Township, PA.
Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Appointed December 2006. Term expires December 2011. Chairman, Government Relations and Regulatory Committee. Member, Audit and Finance Committee. Partner at Bingham McCutchen and principal with Bingham Consulting Group. Served President Clinton as former Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary. Former Director of Legislative Affairs and Deputy Counsel for Vice President Gore.
James C. Miller III
Appointed April 2003. Term expires December 2010. Past Chairman of Board of Governors, 2005 through 2008. Chairman, Audit and Finance Committee, and member, Governance and Strategic Planning Committee. Senior Advisor, Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP. Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Former Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Former Chairman, U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Ellen C. Williams
Appointed August 2006. Term expires December 2014. Member, Compensation and Management Resources Committee, and member, Government Relations and Regulatory Committee. Principal, government affairs and lobbying firm. Former Vice Chairman, Kentucky Public Services Commission. Former Commissioner, Governor’s Office for Local Development. Former Chairman, Kentucky Republican Party. Staff assistant to former U.S. Representative Larry Hopkins.
John E. Potter
Appointed 72nd Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service in June 2001. Potter has served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President; Senior Vice President, Operations; Senior Vice President, Labor Relations; and Manager, Capital Metro Operations.
Patrick R. Donahoe
Appointed 19th Deputy Postmaster General in April 2005. Donahoe is Chief Operating Officer and has served as Senior Vice President, Operations; Senior Vice President, Human Resources; and Vice President, Allegheny Area Operations.
