PRC Chairman Michael Kubayanda Resigns

WASHINGTON, DC — Michael Kubayanda, Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, has resigned after six years with the PRC.

Vice Chairman Robert Taub will assume his duties until a replacement is named. The President must submit a nominee for Senate approval.

“The time has come to explore new opportunities and challenges, and I have left the Commission after weighing change for a while,” Kubayanda wrote on his LinkedIn page.

There has been no formal announcement from the PRC.

Chairman Kubayanda was first nominated to the Commission in June 2018 by President Donald J. Trump and is currently serving his first term as commissioner.

Prior to joining the Commission, Chairman Kubayanda worked on privacy strategy and compliance issues with a technology startup. He has a unique understanding of a wide range of postal matters, given his work with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) as Director, Government Relations, a role in which he worked with OIG officials to support the work of inspectors general in data analytics.

In the OIG’s research group, he oversaw research on technical issues and wrote reports addressing postal economics and price regulation, intellectual property, and public-private partnerships, while serving as an advisor to colleagues on issues such as privacy, knowledge management, and innovation. Before his work with the OIG, he served on the staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Kubayanda holds degrees from Georgetown University, Northwestern University, and the Ohio State University. He also studied at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland.