National Association of Postal Supervisors
# National Association of Postal Supervisors

The National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) is a staff association representing people in managerial roles in the United States Postal Service.

## History

The association was founded on September 8, 1908, at a conference in Louisville, Kentucky, as the National Association of Supervisory Post Office Employees. It became NAPS in the early 1920s, and by 1925, it had 5,500 members.

In January 1946, the association was chartered by the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and by 1953, its membership had grown to 16,500. However, it resigned from the AFL in 1955, prior to that federation's merger into the AFL-CIO.

As of 2022, the association is based in Alexandria, Virginia, and claims 27,000 members.

## Presidents

    1908: L. E. Palmer
    1910: George A. Gassman
    1911: Ernest Green
    1916: William Sansom
    1917: J. J. Fields
    1921: V. C. Burke
    1922: H. M. Tittle
    1924: Peter Wigge
    1925: Harry Folger
    1930: W. Bruce Luna
    1931: M. F. O'Donnell
    1932: Herschel Ressler
    1937: M. F. Fitzpatrick
    1941: John J. Lane
    1946: John McMahon
    1950: Michael Nave
    1958: Fred J. O'Dwyer
    1970: Donald N. Ledbetter
    1986: Rubin Handelman
    1992: Vincent Palladino
    2006: Ted Keating
    2010: Louis M. Atkins
    2016: Brian J. Wagner
    2021: Ivan D. Butts
