United Parcel Service

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United Parcel Service, commonly referred to as UPS, is a global freight company with a revenue of $53.1 billion in 2011. In 2010 the company's revenues were $42.6 billion and its CEO, D. Scott Davis, received compensation of $10.73 million that same year. UPS was founded in "1907 as a messenger company in the United States."

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council

UPS is on the corporate ("Private Enterprise") board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Pat Thomas, Vice President of Corporate Public Affairs, is the UPS representative on the corporate board. He is the Second Vice Chairman of the board as of 2011.

A list of ALEC corporations can be found here.

About ALEC

ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our PRWatch.org site.

UPS and "Free Trade"

In March 2005 the CEO of UPS, Mike Eskew claimed that "one could argue that we in the business community have not done a very good job framing and promoting the benefits of international trade." "American business interests are at risk of losing a significant battle. We’re losing the battle here in the U.S. and abroad. The small, but vocal anti-globalization movement has pushed its message forward with great force and tenacity in recent years," he said in a speech at the Commerce Club in Georgia.

"As business leaders and advocates, we don't have much direct control over how issues are framed in political debates. But I do believe we can control and turn around the bruised reputation of globalization. We have the power to do that. And we have the responsibility to do that," he said.

"We can recite trade facts until we’re blue in the face," he said ".... But if you have lost a job these facts mean nothing. In fact, we really can't talk about trade liberalization without, in the same breath, talking about programs that help those who have been displaced or who are threatened to be displaced. We have a responsibility to help those displaced workers get the training they need to re-enter the workforce."

"We need to understand that in foreign affairs, corporate diplomacy is as important as political diplomacy ... The growing wave of anti-Americanism abroad is a significant concern for U.S. businesses," he said. "Many in the world have been upset for quite some time over what they perceive as an invasion of American culture and values and bad corporate behavior," says Eskew. "We’ve seen a significant slide in American business's favorability around the world, and in a short time frame."

Lobbying

UPS lobbied on 28 bills in 2010.

Personnel

Board of Directors

As of February 2013:

• Ann M. Livermore - Director and former Executive Vice President, Hewlett-Packard Company
• Carol B. Tome - Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President, The Home Depot, Inc.
• Clark T. Randt, Jr - former U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China; President of Randt & Co. LLC
• D. Scott Davis - UPS Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
• Candace Kendle - Co-founder and former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Kendle International, Inc.
• F. Duane Ackerman - former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BellSouth Corporation
• John W. Thompson - Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Instruments Corporation; former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Symantec Corporation
• Kevin M. Warsh - former Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• Michael J. Burns - former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President, Dana Corporation
• Michael L. Eskew - former UPS Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
• Rudy H.P. Markham - former Financial Director, Unilever PLC and Unilever NV
• Stuart E. Eizenstat - Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
• William R. Johnson - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, H.J. Heinz Company

Executive Management

Top executives:

• D. Scott Davis, Chairman and CEO - $10.73 million in compensation in 2010
• Kurt Kuehn, CFO - $2.8 million in compensation in 2010
• David Abney, Chief Operating Officer - $4.3 million in compensation in 2010
• Daniel J. Brutto, President, UPS International
• Myron Gray, President, U.S. Operations
• Alan Gershenhorn, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
• Alan E. Hill, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
• Christine M. Owens, Senior Vice President, Communications and Brand Management
• David Barnes, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
• John McDevitt, Senior Vice President, Global Transportation Services & Labor Relations
• Teri Plummer McClure, SVP of Legal, Compliance & Public Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Political contributions

In 2010, UPS gave a total of over $2 million to federal candidates: $1.1 million to Republicans and $898,505 to Democrats. This amount was split between their PAC and individual donations: $2,031,348 in PAC donations and $28,036 in individual donations.

In July 2010, CEO Scott Davis was named to President Obama's Export Council. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the council is "an advisory committee on global trade, the council advises on government policies and programs that affect U.S. trade performance. The council also provides a forum to resolve trade-related problems among businesses and industry, agriculture, labor and government."

Contact Details

UPS Corporate Headquarters
55 Glenlake Parkway, NE
Atlanta , GA 30328
United States
Phone: 1-800-PICK-UPS
Web: http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/