Biden nominates Demings, Zollars to USPS board of governors

By Linn’s Staff

President Joe Biden has nominated Val Butler Demings and William Zollars to serve on the United States Postal Service’s board of governors, according to a July 25 press release from the White House.

In 2016, Demings was elected by the voters of Florida’s 10th District to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. She fought to grow the economy, reduce household costs and end gun violence. She has served on various House committees, including judiciary, intelligence, homeland security, and oversight and government reform.

Demings was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Women’s Caucus, New Democratic Caucus, the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Review Board, and the Elections Security Taskforce.

She served as assistant and regional whip for the House Democratic Caucus, co-chair of candidate recruitment for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and vice chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. Demings was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Florida in 2022.

At the start of her career, Demings worked as a social worker before joining the police academy. She graduated from the police academy as class president, receiving the Board of Trustees’ award for overall excellence.

Demings served at every rank level in the Orlando Police Department for 27 years, commanding the special operations division and handling the department’s highest-profile tasks, including coordinating the response of the airport division on Sept. 11, 2001. In 2007, Demings made history when she was appointed to serve as Orlando’s first female chief of police.

Demings and her husband, Orange County, Fla., Mayor Jerry Demings, have three children and five grandchildren.

Zollars spent 24 years at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., where he held roles in finance, strategic planning, marketing, logistics and general management. In 1994 Zollars helped establish the integrated logistics business at Ryder Systems in Miami.

In 1997 Zollars became president of Yellow Freight in Kansas City, Mo., the largest division at Yellow Corporation. In 1999, he was promoted to chairman, president and CEO of Yellow Corporation and held the position for 12 years.

Zollars also served on the public company boards of Cerner, Cigna and Prologis, as well as on several private company boards.

Zollars has served in multiple community roles including as chairman of the Greater Kansas City United Way and as a board member of the Kansas City Civic Council and Kansas City Repertory Theater.

For five years he was a member of the board of trustees of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Members of the USPS board of governors are appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate, according to the Postal Service.

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