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Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers names Siviter as new executive director

Current chief Stephen Kearney to retire

Eric Kulisch
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The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers on Tuesday announced Kathleen Siviter as its next executive director, effective Oct. 1. She will succeed Stephen Kearney, who will retire after 12 years leading the organization.

The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers represents nearly 300 charities, associations and nonprofit organizations in Washington policy circles to ensure they have affordable reliable access to the U.S. mail system to sustain fundraising and communication about their programs.

“Over the past decade, Steve has made invaluable contributions to the Alliance and to the nonprofit mailing community,” said James Asselmeyer, Alliance board president and vice president of operations at Guideposts. “His leadership and dedication have earned him widespread respect across the Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and the broader mailing industry.”

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Siviter is currently serving as assistant executive director of the National Association of Presort Mailers. She has also run her own firm Postal Consulting Services Inc., for 25 years, and was vice president for the Association for Postal Commerce. Earlier in her career, she spent 12 years in the U.S. Postal Service. 

Kearney spent much of his career as a senior executive in the U.S. Postal Service. 

The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers has opposed the implementation of the former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s turnaround plan, called Delivering for America. 

The organization says Delivering for America is making conditions worse by driving away mail volume with record rate increases twice a year, declining service standards and performance, and investing in huge package processing facilities that might not be needed. 

(Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled Kathleen Siviter’s name.)

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Eric Kulisch

Eric is the Parcel and Air Cargo Editor at FreightWaves. An award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering the logistics sector, Eric spent nearly two years as the Washington, D.C., correspondent for Automotive News, where he focused on regulatory and policy issues surrounding autonomous vehicles, mobility, fuel economy and safety. He has won two regional Gold Medals and a Silver Medal from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for government and trade coverage, and news analysis. He was voted best for feature writing and commentary in the Trade/Newsletter category by the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was runner up for News Journalist and Supply Chain Journalist of the Year in the Seahorse Freight Association's 2024 journalism award competition. In December 2022, Eric was voted runner up for Air Cargo Journalist. He won the group's Environmental Journalist of the Year award in 2014 and was the 2013 Supply Chain Journalist of the Year. As associate editor at American Shipper Magazine for more than a decade, he wrote about trade, freight transportation and supply chains. He has appeared on Marketplace, ABC News and National Public Radio to talk about logistics issues in the news. Eric is based in Vancouver, Washington. He can be reached for comments and tips at ekulisch@freightwaves.com