Dow Dameron Named President of UPS South Atlantic District

Atlanta, June 28, 2010

Dow Dameron, a 34-year UPS veteran, has assumed command as president of the company's new and expanded South Atlantic District, directing small package operations in an area that covers three states.

The South Atlantic District is one of 20 new Districts dividing the United States activated earlier this year. It includes the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia and features a package-delivery operation with some 21,000 employees.

Dameron most recently served as the manager of UPS's Georgia District, which has been consolidated into the new District. He began his UPS career in 1976 as a package handler in the Central Texas District. He was promoted to business manager in 1983. Dow held positions in package, hub, feeder and air operations prior to being promoted to package division manager in the Central Texas District in 1987. After assignments in hub and feeder, package, preload and air operations, he was promoted to District manager in the Great Basin District in 2001. Dow later became the Kansas District manager 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.