David Steiner, a former Waste Management CEO who has served on the board of FedEx, will lead the U.S. Postal Service as the next postmaster general, reports NPR.

Amber McReynolds, chair of the USPS Board of Governors, announced the board's appointment at an open session of a board meeting May 9. Steiner is set to start in July.

NPR said the appointment comes at a time when there are concerns that Trump officials remain determined to exert more control over an agency that Congress established to be independent decades ago.

After Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's swearing-in ceremony in February, President Trump suggested a "form of a merger" between the Commerce Department and the Postal Service, prompting protests by USPS employee unions.

In a USPS release announcing his position, Steiner said, "I deeply admire the public service and business mission of this amazing institution, and I believe strongly in maintaining its role as an independent establishment of the executive branch."