Steiner succeeds former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. DeJoy, an appointee of President Donald Trump, resigned earlier this year amid a deluge of service and delivery complaints.
The National Newspaper Association (NNA), which represents newspapers across the nation that have been fraught with newspaper delivery service failures for the past five years, welcomed the new appointment.
His selection isn’t just a conflict of interest—it’s an aggressive step toward handing America’s mail system over to corporate interests
Steiner was born and raised in New Orleans, growing up in Algiers, he graduated from O. Perry Walker High School and LSU.
President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board are expected to name FedEx board member and former Waste Management CEO David Steiner as the nation’s next postmaster general
Louis DeJoy was among the federal officials who learned a hard lesson about power in the new Trump era
In his keynote address on April 28, Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino spoke to more than 5,000 mailing and shipping professionals at the National Postal Forum in Nashville, TN.
WASHINGTON—In the end, all it took to oust Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, whom President Trump appointed in his first term, was a nudge from Elon Musk.
Louis DeJoy’s effort to turn around the U.S. Postal Service’s financial fortunes was made more difficult by a host of entrenched interests, but he threaded the political needle in a way that gained grudging respect from stakeholders who often opposed his reforms.
After nearly five years as America’s 75th Postmaster General, and after informing the Governors in February of my intention to retire, I have today informed the Postal Service Board of Governors that today will be my last day in this role.