The Premier Mailing Industry Conference

Pierce Myers has held a variety of positions in the private sector and the Federal Legislative and Executive branches, serving as advisor and counsel on postal and governmental policy matters. Since 1997 he has represented mailers and postal vendors before the Postal Regulatory Commission. Since 1999 he has represented the Parcel Shippers Association as Executive Vice President and Counsel.

Before entering private practice, Mr. Myers worked for 20 years for the U.S. Congress, serving as Counsel to five different House committee chairmen and working on more than 100 bills that became law. As Deputy General Counsel of the House Postal Office and Civil Service Committee he was the primary congressional advisor on postal matters. Following his congressional work, he served three years as Special Counsel to the Chairman of the Postal Rate Commission. In 2002 the Postmaster General awarded Mr. Myers the Postal Service's Partnership for Progress Award for his work securing emergency funding following “9/11” and the subsequent anthrax mail attacks.

Joyce McGarvy served as the Vice President of Distribution at Crain Communications, Inc. Ms. McGarvy is involved in several professional organizations including serving as President of Red Tag News Association, Past National Industry Co-Chair of the Periodicals Focus Groups, Past Industry Co-Chair of the Great Lakes Focus Group, Past Industry Co-Chair for the Periodicals Operations Advisory , Past Industry Chairman of the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC), as well asPast Industry Chairman of American Business Media (ABM) Postal Affairs Committee. Ms. McGarvy was awarded the prestigious Tom Tully Award from the American Business Media in 2008.

Anita Bizzotto was named Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President at the US Postal Service in May 2005. A 31-year postal veteran, Ms. Bizzotto was responsible for Sales, Product Development, Customer Service, Pricing and Classification, Advertising, and International Business. Prior to being named Executive Vice President, she served as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President. Ms. Bizzotto also served as Vice President of Pricing and Classification, where she was responsible for managing the pricing and classification policy for postal products and overseeing the reform of mailing regulations and pricing structures.

Bill Galligan retired from the U.S. Postal Service as Senior Vice President, Operations in 2009 after having served at every level of the organization during a 39-year career. Earlier he served as District Manager of Connecticut and was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Postmasters. Throughout his career he maintained close ties with mailers and received the George Shannon Award.

Michael Genick is past Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the National Postal Forum.  Prior to joining the NPF, Mr. Genick served as Vice President of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and its successor, the Newspaper Association of America. Mr. Genick also served in the United States Army. He is a native New Yorker and attended the New School for Social Research, and he is a member of the American Society of Association Executives and American Society of Travel Agents.

Robert O'Brien retired from Time Inc., where he served as Vice President/Direct Marketing List Services & Postal Distribution Policy at Time Customer Service, Inc. Mr. O'Brien has served as Chairman of the U.S. Postal Service Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC). He is the recipient of Postmaster General's Partnership for Progress Award as well as the IDEAlliance Donald A. Mumma Award.

Maureen Goodson, CMP, is the Executive Director of the National Postal Forum. She has been employed by NPF for over 20 years. During this time she has had the oversight, management and financial responsibility of 25 citywide conventions with an average attendance of over 5,000 attendees.  Prior to the Meetings Industry, Ms. Goodson was a Financial Consultant and a Branch Manager for a major Banking Institution for 14 years.  Ms. Goodson earned her undergraduate degree at James Madison University and her MBA from George Mason University.