Greg Penson named new Colorado Springs postmaster

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Greg Penson was recently appointed new postmaster for the City of Colorado Springs. In this position, he becomes the senior manager of customer service and delivery operations for the Colorado Springs Post Office, the second largest Post Office in Colorado behind Denver.

Penson becomes the 23rd postmaster in the community’s history, going back to December 1, 1871. He succeeds former Colorado Springs postmaster Kyle Collinsworth who is now postmaster in Des Moines, Iowa.

As the city’s newest postmaster, Penson is the senior manager in charge of delivery, retail, and customer service for 12 Colorado Springs Post Office stations and branches.

The Colorado Springs Post Office has 840 employees who deliver an average of one million pieces of mail per day to Colorado Springs area businesses and residents.

A native of Chicago, Penson has had an outstanding 20-year career with the Postal Service. He began his postal career as a letter carrier in Virginia Beach, VA in 1988. He then held numerous management customer service positions in Newport News and Chesapeake, VA and in Chicago, IL including Manager, Delivery and Customer Service Programs there. Penson also served as postmaster of Greeley, CO prior to serving successfully as the acting postmaster for Colorado Springs for the past nine months.

Penson served in the United States Navy from 1984-1988. He has received a number of honors for his postal leadership and outstanding service. He holds an associate’s degree in business administration and is now pursuing his bachelor’s degree.

Says Postmaster Penson: “I appreciate this opportunity. Having spent the last nine months as Colorado Springs postmaster in an acting capacity, I have found the community — the excellent businesses, our loyal postal customers and our dedicated postal employees — to be some of the finest people I have ever worked with. I look forward to working with all of them; and contributing what I can to add to their continuing success and quality of mail service.”

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