Ed Gleiman chaired the Postal Rate Commission from February, 1994, until stepping down in February of 2001, ending a 33-year career in government service.  He now heads his own public policy and government relations consulting firm, EJGConsulting.

Before being appointment to the Commission, Mr. Gleiman was serving as Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Senate subcommittee that dealt with postal matters and was a senior policy advisor to then Senator David Pryor (D-AR).  Before moving across Capitol Hill in 1987, Gleiman served for ten years on the staff of a subcommittee of the House of Representatives’ Government Operations Committee. 

Mr. Gleiman began his service with the federal government in 1968, as an examiner with the Patent Office.  In 1971, he was assigned to the President’s Cost of Living Council.  He then spent four years, beginning in 1973, at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Initially, Gleiman was a member of the Secretary’s Operational Planning Staff and then he served as Director of the Department’s Fair Information Practices Office

His accomplishments while leading the Commission were recognized by the diverse members of the business community, including the National Newspaper Association  (President’s Award in 1998), the Mail Advertising Services Association  (Miles Kimball Award in 1999) and the Association for Postal Commerce (J. Edward Day Award in 2001).  The Commission itself was recipient in 1999 of an award for technology innovations by government agencies given in recognition of its web site, developed during his tenure

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Gleiman is a 1965 graduate of Loyola College.  He did graduate work in biochemistry at Johns Hopkins University and earned his law degree at the University of Baltimore Law School in 1971.