President Biden Nominates Central Florida’s Val Demings

President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Central Florida’s Val Demings as a nominee to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service Board of Governors. Demings’ husband is Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.




The Democratic President selected Val Butler Demings, who was a Democrat elected by the voters of Florida’s 10th District to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and William Zollars, as the Republican nominee, for the important USPS role to be a Governor on the board.

The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service is comparable to a board of directors of a publicly held corporation. The Board consists of up to nine Governors, the Deputy Postmaster General, and Postmaster General. Making a full Board composed of 11 members. The Governors are appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate.

The White House said Val Demings is a lifelong public servant “who broke numerous glass ceilings.” In Congress, she fought to grow the economy, reduce household costs, and end gun violence. She served on the House Committees on Judiciary, Intelligence, Homeland Security, and Oversight and Government Reform, and chaired the House Homeland Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.

Demings was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Women’s Caucus, and New Democratic Caucus, a member of the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Review Board and the Elections Security Taskforce, and served as Assistant and Regional Whip for the House Democratic Caucus, Co-Chair of Candidate Recruitment for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force.

Val Demings was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2022.

At the start of her career, Demings worked as a social worker before joining the police academy. She graduated from the police academy as Class President, receiving the Board of Trustees’ Award for Overall Excellence. Demings served at every rank level in the Orlando Police Department for 27 years, commanding the Special Operations division and handling the department’s highest-profile tasks, including coordinating the response of the Airport Division on September 11th, 2001. In 2007, Demings made history when she was appointed to serve as Orlando’s first female Chief of Police.

Demings became the first person in her family to go to college, earning a B.S. in Criminology from Florida State University and later a Master’s in Public Administration. Demings holds an honorary doctorate of laws from Bethune-Cookman University (HBCU), as well as honorary doctorates from Florida Technical College and City College Fort Lauderdale.




The appointment by President Biden to the USPS Board of Governors now continues Val Demings’ public service.