James Bilbray Will Serve as Vice
Chairman
WASHINGTON, Nov.
15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During today's
meeting of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, Mickey D. Barnett was elected chairman and
James H. Bilbray was elected vice
chairman. Barnett, the Board's current vice chairman, will succeed
Chairman Thurgood Marshall, Jr., who
has served as chairman since December
2011 and whose term on the Board ends in December. Barnett
and Bilbray will assume their new leadership roles during the
Board's next meeting in December.
Barnett is an attorney and former New Mexico state senator. He was appointed a
governor by President George W. Bush
on Aug. 17, 2006 for a term that
expires Dec. 8, 2013. He currently
serves as a member of the Audit and Finance Committee and the
Compensation and Management Resources Committee.
Bilbray is an attorney and former member of the U.S.
House of Representatives from Nevada. He was appointed a governor by
President George W. Bush on
Aug. 17, 2006 and was reappointed on
Dec. 15, 2006 by President Bush to an
additional nine-year term that expires Dec.
8, 2015. He currently serves as the chairman of the
Governance, Regulatory, and Strategic Planning
Committee.
Bios of all the Governors are available
at:
http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/leadership/board-governors-bios.htm#p=1
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