JetBlue Names Laurie Villa Chief People Officer
May 25 2021 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Mike Elliott, JetBlue’s Current Chief People
Officer, Leaves the Airline After More Than a Decade
JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced the appointment of Laurie
Villa to Chief People Officer, effective in June 2021. Reporting to
JetBlue’s CEO, Robin Hayes, Villa will be responsible for engaging
JetBlue crewmembers and fostering its unique culture, overseeing
teams such as compensation and benefits; diversity, equity and
inclusion; crew relations; values and labor relations; recruiting
and talent management; and JetBlue University.
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.
“For over a decade, Mike has been one of our fiercest culture
champions and an advocate for the People team and all of our
Crewmembers,” said Hayes. “As we grew and evolved our business, he
never forgot the needs of our crewmembers and tirelessly worked to
protect our unique culture as a competitive advantage. I am
thankful to Mike for all he has done over the past ten years, but I
am especially grateful for thoughtfully leading this transition
effort and for delaying his plans to move on from JetBlue because
of the pandemic. He has certainly earned some well-deserved time
off after a year of unprecedented challenge and so many years of
service to our people.”
“Even though we must say goodbye to Mike, I’m thrilled to
welcome Laurie to JetBlue as we begin a historic rebound in travel
and continue to transform our People and training functions to
support our crewmembers in the new landscape,” Hayes said. “Laurie
has deep knowledge of our industry and a love for the JetBlue
brand. I’m confident she’ll be a terrific addition to the senior
leadership team and will help inspire our crewmembers as we tackle
new challenges in our industry and work to bring greater diversity
and equity to JetBlue.”
With more than 20 years of leadership experience, Villa has
shaped effective people and talent strategies to support long-term
business objectives in a number of industries, including consumer
goods, specialty retail, education, and technology. She most
recently served as the chief human resources officer at Spirit
Airlines for the past six and a half years where she leveraged data
and analytics to improve the employee and guest experience,
strengthen culture and engagement, and grow their talent pipeline.
Laurie also focused heavily on targeted investments in internal
talent and strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion within the
airline.
About JetBlue Airways
JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline®, and a leading carrier
in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles, Orlando and San
Juan. JetBlue carries customers across the U.S., Caribbean and
Latin America. For more information, visit jetblue.com.
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Emily Martin Director, Corporate Communications JetBlue
Airways (718) 709-3089 CorporateCommunications@jetblue.com
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