John E. Potter

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John E. Potter is the current United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service, becoming the 72nd Postmaster General on June 1, 2001.

Prior to becoming Postmaster General, he had been Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Postal Service. He also served as Vice President, Labor Relations, as well as a number of other senior operational positions.

In April 2002, Potter submitted the USPS Transformation Plan to Congress in response to the many challenges the Postal Service faced, such as new uses of technology. These challenges threatened the financial and commercial viability of the Postal Service. The Transformation Plan laid out short- and long-term options for change and was partial basis for the landmark Postal Reform And Accountability Act (H.R. 6407) in late 2006-- the first postal reform since the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970.

Potter holds a degree in economics from Fordham University and earned a master's degree in management from the Sloan Fellows program at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Preceded by William J. Henderson	Postmaster General 2001 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Michael Wynne	United States order of precedence as of 2006	Succeeded by Ben Bernanke