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10 | 2008 Annual Report United States Postal Service
Board of Governors
As the governing body of the Postal
Service, the 11-member Board
of Governors has responsibilities
comparable to a board of directors
of a publicly held corporation.
The Board is composed of nine
Governors appointed by the
President of the United States
with the advice and consent of the
Senate. No more than five Governors
can be members of the same
political party.
The other two members of the Board
are the Postmaster General and the
Deputy Postmaster General. The
Governors appoint the Postmaster
General, who serves at their pleasure
without a specific term of office.
The Governors, together with the
Postmaster General, appoint the
Deputy Postmaster General.
James C. Miller III Appointed April
2003. Term expires December 2010.
Past Chairman of Board of Governors,
2005 through 2008. Chairman,
Governance and Strategic Planning
Committee and member, Audit
and Finance Committee. Chairman
emeritus, The CapAnalysis Group.
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at
Stanford University. Former Director,
U.S. Office of Management and
Budget. Former Chairman, U.S.
Federal Trade Commission.
Alan C. Kessler Chairman.
Appointed November 2000. Term
expires December 2008. Partner
at WolfBlock, LLP. Member of
the Presidential Transition Team,
1992–93. Former Vice Chair of
the Presidential/Congressional
Commission on Risk Assessment
and Risk Management. Member of
Electoral College, 2000. Serves on
Boards of the Greater Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce and the
Philadelphia Industrial Development
Corp. Former commissioner for
Lower Merion Township, PA.
Carolyn Lewis Gallagher
Vice Chairman of the Board of
Governors since January 2008.
Chairman, Compensation and
Management Resources Committee
and Vice Chairman, Audit and
Finance Committee. Director of
Home Therapy Specialists, Inc.
Former President and CEO of
Texwood Furniture, Inc. Former
Trustee and Chairman, Texas
Employees’ Retirement System.
Appointed by President Bush in
2003 to serve on the President’s
Commission on the USPS.
Thurgood Marshall, Jr. Appointed
December 2006. Term expires
December 2011. Chairman,
Government Relations and
Regulatory Committee. Member,
Audit and Finance Committee.
Partner at Bingham McCutchen and
principal with Bingham Consulting
Group. Served President Clinton as
former Assistant to the President and
Cabinet Secretary. Former Director
of Legislative Affairs and Deputy
Counsel for Vice President Gore.