Eastern Area Operations VP to assume new duties January 2007

Postmaster General Jack Potter announced the appointment of Eastern Area Operations VP Alexander Lazaroff to serve as Chief Postal Inspector of the United States Postal Inspection Service. Lazaroff will become the 36th Chief Postal Inspector when he assumes his new duties following the retirement of current Chief Postal Inspector Lee Heath at the end of the year.

The Postal Inspection Service is the investigative and security arm of the Postal Service, responsible for the protection of postal employees, security, crime prevention programs and enforcing criminal and civil statutes against individuals who misuse the mail.

“Al is uniquely qualified for this position, having worked as a craft employee, a Postal Inspector and as an operations manager during the course of his 33-year postal career,” said Potter. “Al has a solid record of service, accomplishment and commitment to our employees and customers that will serve him well in his new position.”

As Eastern Area Operations Vice President, Lazaroff manages an area that has 10 districts and 6,800 Post Offices. Prior to that, he served as District Manager in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Boston and Connecticut. He also was Northeast Area Manager, Operations Support.

Lazaroff began his postal career as a distribution clerk in Massachusetts in 1973 and joined the Inspection Service in 1977. A United States Navy veteran, he holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts and a master of business administration degree from the University of Rhode Island.

source: USPS Press Release