{"id":30333,"date":"2021-03-17T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=30333"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:28:04","slug":"usps-announces-appointments-for-new-division-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2021\/03\/17\/usps-announces-appointments-for-new-division-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Announces Appointments For New Division Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2021\/03\/16\/division-regional-directors\/\">USPS News Link<\/a> &#8211; 3\/16\/21 &#8211; The Postal Service has named the directors who\u2019ll oversee its new division structure.<\/p>\n<p>The divisions, part of Logistics and Processing Operations, focus on processing and moving mail and packages efficiently to delivery units.<\/p>\n<p>Under a plan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.usps.com%2F2021%2F03%2F03%2Frestructuring-update%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKathleen.F.Howard%40usps.gov%7Cb051759140304e66585e08d8e882f22f%7Cf9aa5788eb334a498ad076101910cac3%7C0%7C0%7C637514996415404898%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=fWDyEdj37m0yLtpdoudAF54Jp0bkxpZQOFQJWto00FA%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><em>announced this month<\/em><\/a>, Logistics will be organized into four regions \u2014 each geographically aligned to one retail and delivery area \u2014 and divided into three or four divisions for a total of 13.<\/p>\n<p>Processing Operations will be organized into two regions \u2014 each geographically aligned with two retail and delivery areas \u2014 and divided into six or seven divisions for a total of 13.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the list of division and regional directors:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atlantic Logistics<\/strong>\u00a0(Scott Raymond, regional director)<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Chesapeake Division:<\/strong>\u00a0James Drummer, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>New England Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Richard Gaudet, acting director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 New York Metro Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Christopher Johnson, acting director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022\u00a0South Atlantic Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Frank Veal, director<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern Logistics\u00a0<\/strong>(Mike Melendrez, regional director)<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Gulf Atlantic Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Juan W. Gonzalez, acting director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Southeast Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Barbara Murph, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Southwest Division:<\/strong>\u00a0John Darden, director<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central Logistics<\/strong>\u00a0(Larry Belair, regional director)<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Lakeshores Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Kenn P. Messenger, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Midwest Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Tracie Hill-Sandifer, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Westshores Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Elizabeth Wulf, director<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western Pacific Logistics\u00a0<\/strong>(Karlett Gilbert, regional director)<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Pacific Northwest Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Marc Kersey, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Southern California Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Pedro Ortiz, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Western Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Erika Ramirez, director<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eastern Region Processing<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\u2022 Chesapeake Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Webster, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Gulf Atlantic Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Mark Dahlstrom, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 New England Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Christine Young, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 New York Metro Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Steve Humin, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 South Atlantic Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Scott Tosch, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Southeast Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Sharon Young, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Southwest Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Larry Wagener, director<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western Region Processing<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\u2022 Lakeshores Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Todd Hawkins, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Midwest Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Rick Pivovar, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Pacific Northwest Division:<\/strong>\u00a0John DiPeri, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Southern California Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Britton Soto, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Western Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Felipe Flores, director<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Westshores Division:<\/strong>\u00a0Chuck Sciurba, director<\/p>\n<p>The division and regional director appointments took effect March 13.<\/p>\n<p>The Logistics and Processing Operations organization, led by Chief Logistics and Processing Operations Officer Isaac Cronkhite, also includes Mike Barber, processing and maintenance operations vice president; Robert Cintron, logistics vice president; Dane Coleman, Eastern regional processing operations vice president; and Larry Munoz, Western regional processing operations vice president.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblue.usps.gov%2Fhr%2Fpreparing-for-change%2Fwelcome.htm&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKathleen.F.Howard%40usps.gov%7Cb051759140304e66585e08d8e882f22f%7Cf9aa5788eb334a498ad076101910cac3%7C0%7C0%7C637514996415404898%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=5MppXZx9VO701oVi%2Fu23EFybMqAw1q4Y0ZnjdKe3uXc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Preparing for Change \u2014 Employee Support Blue page<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblue.usps.gov%2Fhr%2F_pdf%2Ftransforming-ps-restructuring-attachment.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKathleen.F.Howard%40usps.gov%7Cb051759140304e66585e08d8e882f22f%7Cf9aa5788eb334a498ad076101910cac3%7C0%7C0%7C637514996415414853%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ry%2Bct8Xq9y3Cb0WxJt%2FhRsy8HgPhVxOEMCeHThV6YaA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>maps<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that show the Postal Service\u2019s new divisions, along with information about the organizational changes, including timelines and other details.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-28638\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/USPS478x275-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/USPS478x275-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/USPS478x275-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 3\/16\/21 &#8211; The Postal Service has named the directors who\u2019ll oversee its new division structure. The divisions, part of Logistics and Processing Operations, focus on processing and moving mail and packages efficiently to delivery units. Under a plan\u00a0announced this month, Logistics will be organized into four regions \u2014 each geographically aligned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30334,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30333\/revisions\/30334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}