Thursday, June 27, 2024
Chief commerce officer to retire
Jakki Krage Strako has been with USPS for 34 years
Jacqueline “Jakki” Krage Strako, the Postal Service’s chief commerce and business solutions officer, will retire on Friday, July 12.
Strako has made “tremendous contributions to the organization and her longstanding legacy of delivering for our employees and the American public,” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy wrote in a memo announcing Strako’s retirement.
DeJoy pointed to the many innovations that Strako had a hand in developing, including USPS Ground Advantage, USPS Connect and Connect eCommerce.
Strako began her 34-year career as an industrial engineer at the Postal Service’s Washington, DC, headquarters in 1989.
Prior to her current role, she served as chief customer and marketing officer. She has held several other officer positions, including operations support manager, finance manager and vice president for the former Great Lakes Area.
“Jakki has been a trusted confidante who I have relied upon since I became Postmaster General. Her vast knowledge and experience have been invaluable to me, and I will miss the wisdom and insight she has provided,” DeJoy wrote.
Off the Clock
He’s a happy helper
This postmaster serves his community as a volunteer firefighter
My name is Angel Castro and I’m the postmaster in Statesboro, GA. When I’m not on the clock, you’ll find me serving as a volunteer firefighter.
I joined the local fire department in 2009 after a friend, who was already a firefighter, asked me to get involved.
You must have the heart for this kind of work: When everybody is running out of a house on fire, we’re running in.
If your spouse doesn’t support you, you can’t do this work. There are times when my wife has just finished cooking a meal and the radio goes off just as I’m about to sit down at the table. So now she has to eat by herself, and I come home to a cold meal. But she understands why I do this.
We had storms recently in Georgia, and the wind blew down all these trees. We went out in teams to assist with clearing the trees that fell across the roads and on power lines. Those are the times when your wife and family members want you to be home because they are concerned that something might happen.
If the power goes out, my family can come to the station and hang out because it has a generator. The other firefighters become part of your family.
Training is a big thing. Most of the fires we fight are in mobile homes. You have to know what to do if a floor or roof collapses.
I’ve been able to serve the community in other ways. I’m also a military veteran, and I assist a local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. I might help build a wheelchair ramp for a vet or clean a stretch of road.
My wife says I want to help everybody but never do anything for myself. Helping other people makes me happy.
“Off the Clock,” a column on Postal Service employees and their after-hours pursuits, appears regularly in Link.
Drivers should buy lowest-cost fuel at preferred locations
The Postal Service is reminding fleet managers and drivers to always buy regular unleaded and the lowest-grade diesel fuel to save the organization money.
Fuel purchases should also take place at stations in the USPS Preferred Fueling Network, which has more than 26,000 retail fuel sites and 40 brands.
Among the brands are 7-Eleven, Casey’s General, Circle K, RaceTrac, Shell and Speedway.
For more information, email USPSPreferredFuelingNetwork@usps.gov.
Atlantic Area, Michigan 2 District lead in scanning
A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 97.41 percent during the week ending June 21, up 0.04 percent from one week earlier.
The data was collected June 26.
Atlantic led the four areas with a rating of 97.75 percent, while Southern ranked last with a 96.64 percent rating.
Among the 50 districts, Michigan 2, part of Central Area, ranked first with a 98.49 percent rating, while Georgia, part of Southern Area, ranked last with a 94.01 percent rating.
Scanning data allows customers to track their mail and packages, which helps USPS deliver excellent service, boost loyalty and drive revenue.
To see the latest data, go to the Informed Visibility website and select “Customer Experience,” followed by “DES 2 Scan Performance.” Postal Service employees must request Informed Visibility access through eAccess.
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Chief commerce officer to retire
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He’s a happy helper
This postmaster serves his community as a volunteer firefighter
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Drivers should buy lowest-cost fuel at preferred locations
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Atlantic Area, Michigan 2 District lead in scanning