District Manager Named For U.S. Postal Service's Albuquerque District

Matthew B. Lopez, 30-Year Postal Career Employee

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Matthew B. Lopez, a 30-year postal career employee, has been named District Manager for the U.S. Postal Service’s Albuquerque District. Lopez formerly served as Postmaster for the City of Albuquerque, since his appointment to that job in August 2006.

In 1978, Lopez started his postal career as a distribution clerk in Houston, TX. He later served in Houston as a city letter carrier and in 1981 was promoted to a supervisory position. Since that time, Lopez has held increasingly responsible positions and detailed assignments in Postal Service Mail Processing and Customer Services managerial jobs in Texas and New Mexico.

Lopez is a graduate of the U.S. Postal Service’s Advanced Leadership Program (ALP) and the Processing Distribution Management (PDM) internal training programs for executive development. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

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