Daily printout: May 15

Judy de Torok, the Postal Service’s corporate affairs vice president, will retire Friday, May 16.

De Torok was named to the position in May 2021 and reported to the postmaster general. She was in charge of Industry Engagement and Outreach; Environmental Affairs and Corporate Sustainability; Continuity and Preparedness; and Corporate Information Services.

She also oversaw the offices of the historian and judicial officer.

De Torok and her team are responsible for several customer-focused initiatives, including the National Postal Forum, the Postal Customer Council program and the Postmaster General’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee.

Additionally, she oversaw International Postal Affairs until fall 2024.

She began her USPS career in 1995, holding progressively complex positions in Government Relations, Marketing and Corporate Communications, including chief of staff for the deputy postmaster general’s office.

De Torok received the Postmaster General Award in April.

When she isn’t delivering mail, Anita Tillman volunteers in a food bank, where the Dearborn, MI, letter carrier sees firsthand the importance of feeding people in need.

Her favorite sight: “Seeing the children smile when they get cereal in their box of food.”

Last weekend, Tillman was one of countless Postal Service employees who collected donations during Stamp Out Hunger, the nation’s largest one-day food drive.

The National Association of Letter Carriers organizes the annual event, with assistance from USPS, the United Way, other unions and several businesses.

This year’s tally isn’t expected to be announced until later in the spring, but organizers hope to exceed last year’s total, when 44 million pounds of food was collected.

Like Tillman, Al Salvatore, a Savannah, GA, letter carrier, said participating in the drive allows Postal Service employees to help customers who really need it.

“Hunger doesn’t really have a face,” Salvatore told a local TV news crew. “You never know — it could be a senior citizen that’s on a fixed income; it could be a young family — and you don’t see it. They could look totally normal walking around, but they might be food deprived.”