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Opening Ceremony & Plenary Session Biographies
Teresa Thome
Deputy Chief Inspector of the Eastern Field
Operations in the U. S. Postal Inspection Service
Teresa Thome is currently the Deputy Chief Inspector of the Eastern Field Operations in the U. S. Postal Inspection
Service (USPIS). Deputy Chief Thome’s responsibilities include oversight of over 1,200 employees and she also
serves on her agency’s Executive Committee. Her personnel enforce over 200 federal laws covering investigations of
crimes that adversely affect or entail criminal misuse of the U.S. Mail or postal system.
Deputy Chief Thome was first assigned as Postal Inspector to the Los Angeles Division where she worked narcotics,
security, and mail fraud investigations. Deputy Chief Thome has served as Assistant Inspector in Charge of the
New York Division and Inspector in Charge of the Philadelphia Division. She has received several awards including
the U.S. Trustee’s “Director’s Award” for Public Service. Deputy Chief Thome is a member of several professional
organizations and currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Research Center on the Prevention of Financial
Fraud
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