President Obama is nominating Vicki Kennedy, the widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. The 59-year-old attorney also serves on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board, and is an activist for gun control. She has been asked to run for her late husband’s Senate seat, but has refused. Sen. Kennedy endorsed Mr. Obama for President in 2008; Mrs. Kennedy endorsed him in 2012.

The USPS Board of Governors functions like a board of directors in a private corporation, appointing the CEO (Postmaster General) and overseeing the agency’s operations and policies.