ABOUT US
The Louis DeJoy and Aldona Wos Family Foundation was created in 2005 to support and invest in organizations that provide opportunities for individuals to advance their education, explore career options, broaden their horizons, forge lasting relationships and become engaged contributors to their communities and society.
Louis DeJoy
Louis DeJoy is an accomplished American entrepreneur, business executive, real estate investor, community leader, philanthropist, and political fundraiser, with more than 40 years’ experience with both private and public companies.
Louis is currently President of LDJ Global Strategies, a strategic real estate investment and consulting company based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Most recently, Louis was the 75th Postmaster General of the United States and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Postal Service. He was appointed by the organization’s Board of Governors and began his tenure in June 2020. In his role as Postmaster General, DeJoy also served as a member of the Board of Governors. DeJoy led one of the largest organizational transformations in the United States. Based on his pragmatic, 10-year Delivering for America plan, nearly every operation and function of the Postal Service was being improved, ensuring that it can continue to fulfill its public service mission with financial strength well into the future.
In his almost five-year tenure, DeJoy has led the Postal Service to recover from unprecedented financial, structural, operational and cultural challenges. He drove significant progress to put the Postal Service on a positive trajectory to retain its stature as a cherished American institution and also become a more efficient, high-performing logistics and delivery enterprise.
Before joining the Postal Service, DeJoy spent more than 35 years building and leading a nationwide logistics company. As chairman and chief executive officer of New Breed Logistics, DeJoy spent decades in collaboration with federal agencies and major corporations, to provide supply chain logistics, program management and transportation support.
In 2014, New Breed merged with XPO Logistics, with DeJoy serving as chief executive officer of XPO Logistics’ supply chain business in the Americas before his retirement in December 2015. He then joined the company’s board of directors, where he served until 2018.
DeJoy is a member of the board of trustees for the PGA Wyndham Championship, the Piedmont Triad Partnership and Elon University in North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Stetson University in Florida. He resides in Greensboro, North Carolina with his wife, Dr. Aldona Woś.
Dr. Aldona Woś
Dr. Aldona Woś is a native of Poland, a graduate of the Warsaw Medical Academy, and a retired internal medicine and pulmonary medicine physician. Dr. Woś served two terms as a Presidential appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. From 2004-2006, she was appointed by President Bush and served as the U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia. From 2013-2015, Dr. Woś served as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. She is currently the President of the Institute of World Politics.
In May 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Dr. Woś as Vice Chair of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships—one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. The President’s Commission on White House Fellowships is responsible for interviewing candidates and recommending people to the President. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.
Dr. Aldona Woś currently resides in Greensboro, North Carolina, with her husband, Louis DeJoy.