The DMA Supports John E. Potter's Selection As Postmaster General

The DMA Supports John E. Potter’s Selection As Postmaster General
From PR Newswire May 21st, 2001
NEW YORK, May 21 /PRNewswire/ — The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) today supported the appointment of John E. Potter to Postmaster General by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Potter is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the USPS.

“We congratulate Jack Potter and look forward to working with him — in particular, on the critical issue of postal reform,” said H. Robert Wientzen, president & CEO, The DMA. “We invite him to join our efforts, and that of many others in the mailing community as well as several Congressional leaders, in moving Congress toward meaningful postal reform.”

“This is a critical time for the Postal Service,” Wientzen said. “Postal management must guide the Postal Service toward a more progressive era. We are confident that Potter’s background qualifies him to lead the effort as the Post Office works to solve its present problems,” Wientzen added.

“Jack’s hands-on experience in postal management makes him the ideal candidate to focus on improving productivity and trimming costs, rather than simply increasing the rates paid by the mailing public,” said Ed Gleiman, the former chairman of the Postal Rate Commission who is currently spearheading The DMA’s postal reform campaign.

Potter was named COO and Executive Vice President of the USPS in October 2000. A 23-year postal employee, he began his career as a distribution clerk in 1978. Since that time, he has assumed a number of leadership positions within the USPS dealing with operations and labor issues.

The DMA is the leading and largest trade association for businesses interested in interactive and database marketing, with nearly 5,000 member companies from the United States and 53 other nations. Founded in 1917, its members include direct marketers from every business segment as well as the nonprofit and electronic marketing sectors. Included are catalogers, Internet retailers and service providers, financial services providers, book and magazine publishers, book and music clubs, retail stores, industrial manufacturers and a host of other vertical segments, including the service industries that support them. According to a DMA-commissioned study, direct and interactive marketing sales in the United States exceeded $1.9 trillion in 2000, including $110 billion in catalog sales and $24 billion in sales generated by the Internet. The DMA’s Web Site is http://www.the-dma.org and its consumer Web site is http://www.shopthenet.org.

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SOURCE The Direct Marketing Association CONTACT: Louis Mastria, 212-790-1529, [email protected], or Natalie Greaves, 212-790-1507, [email protected], both of The Direct Marketing Association

Web site: http://www.the-dma.org http://www.shopthenet.org

PR NEWSWIRE, 21st May 2001