Megan Brennan
American government official
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Key Takeaways
- Megan Jane Brennan (born c.
- Brennan became the first woman to hold the office when she assumed the position on February 1, 2015.
- She was the fourth basketball player at Nativity BVM High School ever to score 1,000 points, and was a co-captain of the basketball team.
- Brennan is of Irish descent.
- Career She began her career with the U.
Megan Jane Brennan (born c. 1962) served as the seventy-fourth postmaster general of the United States. Brennan became the first woman to hold the office when she assumed the position on February 1, 2015.
Early life and education
A native of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Brennan was one of seven children and attended Nativity BVM High School there, where she played softball and basketball and was on the 1978 state championship basketball team. She was the fourth basketball player at Nativity BVM High School ever to score 1,000 points, and was a co-captain of the basketball team. After graduating in 1980, she attended Immaculata College near Philadelphia, graduating in 1984 with a B.A. in history. Brennan is of Irish descent.
Brennan earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2003.
Career
She began her career with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in 1986 as a letter carrier in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She subsequently worked as a delivery and collection supervisor, a processing plant manager in Reading and the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, and a district manager in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Brennan stepped away from the USPS for a year to study as a Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following that hiatus, she served as manager of field support and integration and manager of operations support for the Northeast area. In May 2005 she was named vice president for the Northeast area, where she coordinated and integrated processing and distribution, transportation and delivery operations in that region.
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