According to the Washington Post, David Steiner will be named Postmaster General by the US Postal Service at the urging of the White House and President Donald Trump.
Steiner was born and raised in New Orleans, growing up in Algiers, he graduated from O. Perry Walker High School and LSU.
Steiner worked as an attorney at local firm Phelps Dunbar before joining Waste Management as in-house attorney and rising to become CEO of the fortune 500 company based in Houston.
The postmaster general oversees all mail operations for USPS.
Louis DeJoy stepped down last month.
The White House is using DOGE to find further efficiencies inside USPS, and many have questioned that move.
Steiner is also on the board for FedEx, which he will have to step down from.
