Drew Aliperto was named Vice President, Area Operations for the Pacific Area in October 2009. In this role, Aliperto is the senior postal official in an area that encompasses California, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the trust territories. He reports to the Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for all postal operations including mail processing and distribution and customer service and administrative operations.

Aliperto oversees approximately 76,400 employees who collect, transport, process and deliver 81 million pieces of mail each day to 16.5 million delivery points. He also administers an annual budget of $6.1 billion.

A 32-year Postal Service veteran, Aliperto served as manager of operations support in the Pacific Area since 2007. Earlier, he served as plant manager in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Aliperto's other assignments have been manager and senior manager of distribution operations at processing facilities in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. Before moving into his current assignment, he was detailed as the senior plant manager of the Sacramento Processing and Distribution Center. He received the Deputy Postmaster General Award in 2009.

November 2009