Patrick Donahoe was named Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Operating Officer in April 2005. The second-highest ranking postal executive, and the 19th Deputy Postmaster General, Donahoe is a 34-year postal veteran. He reports to the Postmaster General and is a member of the Postal Service Board of Governors.

In addition to his Board duties, Donahoe has responsibility for the day-to-day activities of 618,000 career employees working in more than 34,000 facilities supported by a fleet of nearly 210,000 vehicles. He also is responsible for mail processing, transportation, field operations, engineering, delivery, retail, facilities and network operations. Reporting to Donahoe are the senior vice president of Operations, the senior vice president of Intelligent Mail and Address Quality, the vice president of Global Business and eight area vice presidents.

As Chief Operating Officer, Donahoe has been instrumental in the Postal Service achieving record levels of service and customer satisfaction, significant workplace improvements and six straight years of productivity gains. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $68 billion and delivers nearly half the world's mail.

Donahoe entered the Postal Service as a clerk in Pittsburgh, PA. He has a long and distinguished career in postal operations. His previous officer positions include chief operating officer and executive vice president, senior vice president of Operations, senior vice president of Human Resources and vice president of Allegheny Area Operations.

Donahoe earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Science degree as a Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

A native of Pittsburgh, Donahoe and his wife have two children.

October 2009