Jerry Long, Postmaster Miami to Take Oath of Office December 6, 2011 at
Miami City Hall
Mayor Tomas Regalado Will Offer the Welcoming Remarks
(Miami
FL December 5,
2011)--Miami
officially will have a new Postmaster as Jerry Long takes the Oath
of Office at 10:00am on Tuesday, December 6.
City of Miami Mayor Tomás P. Regalado will be
opening the ceremony with welcoming remarks.
United States Postal Service Southwest Area Operations Vice
President Linda J. Welch will be administering the oath of office.
As Postmaster Miami, Long is administratively responsible for the
2,215 Postal employees who proudly serve 74,855 business and 655,381
residential customers in the Miami community.
He is responsible for the overall operations for the cities
29 delivery units and 17 finance units and Postal stores.
After serving three years in the United States Army, Jerry began his
Postal career as a city letter carrier in Dallas, Texas.
In 2010, Long joined the South Florida District as the
Postmaster Fort Lauderdale.
He is also the Postal Co-Chair for the award winning
Miami-Dade County Postal Customer Council (PCC).
Long resides in South Florida.
He has raised four children, Meredith, Quinn, Beth and Jake.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses,
and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its
operations.
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is
the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation,
150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal
Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies
on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its
operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently
visited website in the federal government,
usps.com,
the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and
delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private
sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010
Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked
the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal
Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six
consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation
by the Ponemon Institute.
WHAT:
New Postmaster, Jerry Long, Takes Oath of Office at Miami
City Hall
WHEN:
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 @ 10:00am
WHERE:
Miami City Hall, Chambers, 3500 Pan American Drive