Roman Martinez IV Re-Elected Chairman, USPS Board of Governors

Amber F. McReynolds elected to serve as vice chairman

WASHINGTON, DC — During the November 2023 meeting of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, Roman Martinez IV was re-elected by his fellow Governors to continue to serve as chairman of the Board of Governors. The Governors also elected Amber F. McReynolds to serve as vice chairman.

Martinez has served on the Board of Governors since August 2019, following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate to serve the remainder of a seven-year term that expires Dec. 8, 2024. On Jan. 12, 2022, Martinez was elected to serve as the 25th chairman of the Board. On Nov. 10, 2022, he was reelected by his fellow Governors to continue serving as chairman of the Board of Governors. Previously, Martinez was elected to serve as vice chairman of the Board on Feb. 9, 2021. He has chaired the Board’s Audit and Finance Committee since Oct. 3, 2019, and has served on the Election Mail Committee since Feb. 1, 2022.

McReynolds has served on the Board of Governors since May 2021, following her confirmation by the U.S. Senate to serve the remainder of a seven-year term that expires on Dec. 8, 2026. She currently serves on the Board’s Election Mail Committee and is a member of the Operations Committee.

More on Roman Martinez IV, Chairman, USPS Board of Governors

Roman Martinez IV was appointed to the Postal Service Board of Governors by President Donald J. Trump and was confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2019. Martinez will serve for the remainder of a seven-year term that expires on December 8, 2024. On January 12, 2022, he was unanimously elected by his fellow Governors to serve as the 25th chairman of the Board of Governors. On November 10, 2022, he was unanimously reelected by his fellow Governors to continue serving as chairman of the Board of Governors. Previously, he was unanimously elected by his fellow Governors to serve as the vice chairman of the Board of Governors on February 9, 2021. Since October 3, 2019, he has also chaired the Board’s Audit and Finance Committee, and he has served on the Election Mail Committee since February 1, 2022.

Martinez began his career as an investment banker in 1971 at Kuhn Loeb & Company, which merged with Lehman Brothers in 1977. He became a partner there in 1978 and worked as managing director in investment banking until his retirement in 2003. Throughout his career, he was involved in most aspects of investment banking, including public and private financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and overall corporate financial advice. Since 2003, he has served on the board of directors for several companies, including Cigna Corporation, Orbital ATK and Bacardi Limited.

Martinez has been actively involved with nonprofit organizations, including serving as vice chairman of the Investment Advisory Council of the State Board of Administration of Florida, which required confirmation by the Florida Senate. He also serves on the board of trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, on the board of overseers of the International Rescue Committee, and as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2005 to 2017, he served on the board of trustees of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

A graduate of Boston College, Martinez also obtained a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

More on Amber F. McReynolds, Vice Chairman, USPS Board of Governors

Amber F. McReynolds was appointed to the Postal Service Board of Governors by President Joseph R. Biden and was confirmed by the Senate on May 13, 2021. McReynolds will serve for the remainder of a seven-year term that expires on December 8, 2026. She currently chairs the Board’s Election Mail Committee and is a member of the Operations Committee.

McReynolds is a leading expert on election administration and policy. Her professional career has been focused on strengthening democratic institutions with a goal of improving the voting experience for all: first as an election official, serving as the director of elections for the City and County of Denver, Colorado; then as a thought leader and founding chief executive officer for the National Vote at Home Institute and Coalition; and now serving as an elections consultant and advisor supporting various nonpartisan organizations across the United States.

As the former director of elections for the City and County of Denver, Colorado, McReynolds led the implementation of a first-in-the-nation ballot tracking, reporting, and communication program to increase accountability and enhance security for mail ballots. Her efforts garnered national and international awards and helped to shape Colorado’s vote-by-mail expansion in 2013. In 2018, Governing Magazine named her as a Top Public Official of the Year for her work to improve the voting process. She was also recognized as a 2020 Top Women in Business in Colorado.

McReynolds is the co-author of the book When Women Vote and regularly delivers speeches on how to improve and strengthen election processes and improve the voting experience She serves on the National Election Task Force on Election Crises and the National Council on Election Integrity. She also serves as an advisory board member for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Election and Data Science Lab, as a board member for Represent Women, and serves on various advisory boards for other national organizations focused on improving election administration. McReynolds also served on the 2021 Colorado Independent Redistricting Commission.

McReynolds is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is also a Certified Election Registration Administrator.