JetBlue Airways Announces Executive Changes

JetBlue announced the appointment of Laurie Villa to Chief People Officer, effective in June 2021. She will report to CEO, Robin Hayes. Laurie most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Spirit Airlines where she was for the past six and a half years.

Mike Elliott, JetBlue’s current Chief People Officer, who has been with the company since 2010, currently plans to depart JetBlue in August after the transition is complete.

JetBlue Airways is based in Long Island City, New York, and carries more than 40 million customers each year to 102 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America with an average of 1,000 daily flights. As of 2018, its revenue is 7.658 billion USD employing over 22,000 people.