26 Facts About Louis DeJoy

Louis DeJoy was appointed in May 2020 by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.

Louis DeJoy was criticized for cost-reduction policies enacted after assuming office in June 2020, including eliminating overtime, banning late or additional trips to deliver mail.

In March 2021, Louis DeJoy issued a 10-year plan called "Delivering for America" to stabilize the finances of the Postal Service by slowing first class mail delivery, optimizing transportation networks, cutting post office hours, and raising prices.

The plan assumed Congress would relieve the USPS of the requirement to pre-pay retiree health care costs, which with Louis DeJoy's urging it did with the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022.

Louis DeJoy was criticized for plans to buy mostly gasoline-powered delivery vehicles; this decision was reversed with funding from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Louis DeJoy was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Islip, New York Louis DeJoy earned a BBA in accounting from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.

When he was named postmaster general and CEO, Louis DeJoy was president of LDJ Global Strategies, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based boutique firm with interests in real estate, private equity, consulting, and project management.

Louis DeJoy has served as a major donor and fundraiser for a number of high-profile Republican Party politicians.

Louis DeJoy helped fund President George W Bush's 2004 reelection campaign, co-chaired Rudy Giuliani's North Carolina fundraising campaign in 2008, and donated a combined $27,700 to Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential campaign.

Louis DeJoy donated $1.2 million each to Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, and to the Republican Party since 2016.

In May 2019, Louis DeJoy became local finance chairman for the 2020 Republican National Convention, then planned for Charlotte, North Carolina.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has opened an investigation into the allegations and the possibility that Louis DeJoy lied to the committee, and has called for the Postal Service to suspend him.

USPS Board Chair Mike Duncan, who had served as chairman of the Republican National Committee and had known Louis DeJoy personally, was involved with Louis DeJoy's recommendation for the role.

Louis DeJoy was the first postmaster general in two decades without prior experience in the United States Postal Service.

Louis DeJoy did not communicate the reasons for such changes within the organization, and such measures resulted in slowing of the mail service.

Louis DeJoy said he was trying to breathe new life into a "broken business model".

Louis DeJoy said that equipment that had already been removed would not be restored.

At this Congressional testimony Louis DeJoy admitted that he was unaware of the cost of mailing a postcard or a smaller greeting card, the starting rate for US Priority Mail, or how many Americans voted by mail in the 2016 elections.

Secretaries of state had requested that Louis DeJoy show them previews of the mailers that the USPS intended to send out, but Louis DeJoy refused, according to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

In February 2021, amid criticism and concern by Democratic lawmakers about the USPS under Louis DeJoy, Biden nominated three people to fill the four vacancies on the USPS board of governors; the President of the United States does not have the authority to remove the Postmaster General.

That same month, Louis DeJoy stated that despite there being a change in president, he did not intend to leave the position, and said that he planned to be in the role "a long time, get used to me".

Louis DeJoy angered some Congressional Democrats, who repeatedly called for his firing, by not waiting to consult with the new board members on his 10-year turnaround plan, though the plan did promise to consult the board before implementing various changes.

In February and March of 2022, Louis DeJoy worked with Rep.

Louis DeJoy cited an ongoing Postal Service environmental review as well as the agency's grave financial condition as reasons for not including more electric vehicles in the initial order.

In March 2021, Louis DeJoy issued a 10-year plan called "Delivering for America" to stabilize the finances of the Postal Service.

Louis DeJoy donated $747,000 to Duke University in 2014, funding Blue Devil Tower and the Louis DeJoy Family Club at the football stadium.