Registration for both Attendees and Exhibitors now open for this year's Chicagoland Mailers Forum: The 2025 Greater Illinois PCC Day. To register, go to the tab at the top of this page.
New Date - Nationally PCC Week will run from August 25th to the 29th. PCCs across the nation will be celebrating the world of Postal Customer Councils, and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Postal Service.
This year the GIPCC event will happen on August 27th 2025, at The Harper College Wojcik Conference Center.
The center is located at 1200 W Algonquin Rd, Palatine Il 60067. The event will run from 8:00am to 2:00pm (subject to change).
We are excited to announce that the Industry Keynote for this year will be delivered by Mr. Chris Lien, the Executive Vice-President of Postal Affairs for BCC Software and the Chairman of The National Postal Forum. Our Postal Keynote will be from Shavon Keys, VP Regional Sales, U.S.Postal Service
Chris Lien is Executive Vice President of Postal Affairs for BCC Software, a BlueCrest company. He has been active in the mailing industry for over 30 years and participates in numerous industry associations including the Postmaster General’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee as a former industry chair. As EVP of Postal Affairs, he is focused on all aspects of the mail supply chain and provides a voice of advocacy on behalf of the thousands of BCC Software and BlueCrest customers. Chris also chairs the Board of Directors of the National Postal Forum.
Shavon Keys was named vice president, Regional Sales, in April 2025. She reports to the senior vice president, National Sales.
Before her current position, Keys served as vice president, Sales, from May 2021.
Keys is responsible for a $30 billion account portfolio and new customer acquisition to support the $26 billion growth target in the Delivering for America plan. She oversees customer acquisition, revenue growth and retention, business development and the improvement of the Postal Service’s market competitiveness and sales for commercial mailers. Keys is responsible for a complement of over 700 sales professionals in four organizations within Sales: Regional Sales, Inside Sales, Specialized Sales and Strategic Accounts and Mail Service Providers.
Keys served as sales director for the former Great Lakes Area, where she was responsible for the leadership and development of eight district sales managers and 78 sales professionals. She led efforts to update the Sales management process and established the Sales Leadership Summit that became the foundation for the Executive Sales Leadership Program.
Keys began her Postal Service career as an automated mark-up clerk in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has served in sales and marketing since 1997, including as customer service representative and account representative, district shipping and mail solutions manager and district account management acquisition manager. She brings exceptional communication, engagement and leadership skills to the vice president position.
Keys is a graduate of the USPS Advanced Leadership, Executive Foundations and Executive Leadership programs. She also has an industry certification for Professional Selling and Sales Executive.
Click the link below to see some of last years event.
The 2025 GIPCC PCC Day will be held at Harper College's Wojcik Conference Center, 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine IL, 60067.