July 24, 2012
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Livonia, June 28, 2010
Dwayne Meeks, a 28-year UPS veteran, has assumed command as president of the company's new and expanded Great Lakes District, directing small package operations in an area that covers all or parts of two states.
The Great Lakes District is one of 20 new Districts dividing the United States activated earlier this year. It includes all of Michigan and western Ohio and features a package-delivery operation with some 15,000 employees.
Meeks most recently served as the manager of UPS's Virginia District. He began his UPS career in 1982 as a package handler in the Central Jersey District and after being promoted into management, moved through a series of jobs of increasing responsibility before being named manager of the Mid-South District in 2003.
UPS announced in January it was going to streamline its domestic management structure to improve overall performance by reducing the number of U.S. Districts from 46 to 20. Thanks to today's technology and the management strengths of its people, a District office now can oversee a much larger geographic area than in years' past.
As part of the realignment, UPS also is expanding its outreach to customers by strengthening local sales and marketing efforts. No package handling facilities have been affected by the consolidation of management offices, nor have any UPS drivers or package handlers.
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