Lucy Trout has been named acting secretary of the USPS Board of Governors.
Trout succeeds former secretary Michael J. Elston, who has been named the Postal Service’s labor relations vice president. She most recently served as deputy secretary and counselor of the board.
She joined USPS in 2016 as a staff attorney with the judicial officer’s group, and then she served as an attorney in the law department in the labor law group.