Ron Bloom

Ron Bloom
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
In office
February 9, 2021 – December 8, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byMike Duncan
Succeeded byRoman Martinez IV
Governor of the United States Postal Service
In office
August 20, 2019 – December 8, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byMickey D. Barnett
Succeeded byDan Tangherlini
Senior Counselor to the President for Manufacturing Policy
In office
2009–2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Personal details
Born1955 (age 68–69)[1]
Political partyDemocratic
EducationWesleyan University (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)

Ron Bloom (born 1955) is an American economic advisor who served as a senior official in the Obama Administration from February 2009 to August 2011. This included working as the Assistant to the President for Manufacturing Policy between February 2011 and August 2011, in the Department of the Treasury as a senior advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury, as a member of the President's Task Force on the Automotive Industry, and as senior counselor to the president for manufacturing policy. From 1996 to 2008, Bloom served as special assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers.[2][3] Bloom also worked for the investment banking firm Lazard on two occasions, the second as Vice Chairman, U.S Investment Banking.[4][5] Bloom is the vice chair and a managing partner of Brookfield Asset Management and served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.[5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ "HSGAC Biographical Questions for Executive Nominees Questionnaire for Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. 2 April 2019. p. 41. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ "USPS Board of Governors Ron A. Bloom - Who we are/Leadership - About.usps.com". about.usps.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ^ Pickert, Kate (18 February 2009). "Ron Bloom, Obama's Car Non-Czar". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Protess, Ben (1 February 2012). "Lazard Hires Ron Bloom as Adviser". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b de la Merced, Michael (21 July 2016). "Ron Bloom, a Top Lazard Banker, Leaves for Brookfield Asset Management". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Postal Leadership: Ron Bloom, USPS Board of Governors". United States Postal Service. December 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Senate Approves New Members of the Board of Governors and the Postal Regulatory Commission". American Postal Workers Union. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Ron A. Bloom Elected Chairman of the Board of Governors - Newsroom - About.usps.com". about.usps.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Former Obama official named U.S. Postal Service board chair". Reuters. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.