George R. Kolesar Award
Each year Steel Valley PCC nominates an individual/company that has fostered the growth and development of the PCC. This award is given to a person that is involved with the Steel Valley PCC, maintains cooperative and dedicated relations with the U. S. Postal Service, is recognized as a leader in the mail industry and implements innovative ideas which contribute to the success of both the company for which they work and the Postal Service.
Past winners:
2025 – Bob Tomer, AMASTI
2024 – Mike Ping, Farm and Dairy
2023 – Sam Morris, SMARTmarketing
2022 – Jeff Politano, SMARTmarketing
2021 – George R. Kolesar, Postal Mail Sort
2020 – Paul Mahin, City Printing
2019 – Ed Schlegel, Farmers National Bank
2018 – Anna Pascarella, Youngstown State University
2025 PCC Platinum Award Winners
2024 PCC Platinum Award Winners
2023 Large Market PCC of the Year
The Steel Valley PCC was awarded “2023 PCC of the Year – Large Market” by the U.S. Postal Service. Industry Co-Chair Jeff Politano from SMARTmarketing, co. is shown here with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Postal Co-Chair Youngstown Postmaster Renee Twitty.
The text of the press release is as follows:
U.S. Postal Service Honors Postal Customer Council Leaders’ Accomplishments
June 30, 2023
The U.S. Postal Service recognized Postal Customer Councils (PCCs) throughout the nation for their outstanding achievements and innovations in 2023. This year’s winners of the PCC Leadership Awards were announced during an event held at Postal Service Headquarters in Washington DC yesterday.
PCCs are a grassroots network that provides a local channel for USPS business mailers and the Postal Service to continue building upon their relationships so they can increase the use of mail and work on solving concerns and challenges together. These relationships provide a means to share best mailing and shipping practices, as well as give PCCs around the country opportunities to connect and learn from each other
PCC Leadership Awards are presented each year by the Postal Service in recognition of exemplary work to strengthen and grow the PCC network. More than 220 nominations were submitted this year.
Top honors were presented to PCC groups that achieved overall excellence in their efforts to serve their communities. The PCCs offered innovative solutions for challenges for businesses of all sizes.
• PCC of the Year — Metro Market – Twin Cities PCC – Minneapolis – St. Paul, MN
• PCC of the Year — Large Market – Steel Valley PCC – Youngstown, OH
• PCC of the Year — Small Market – West Michigan PCC – Grand Rapids, MI