American, JetBlue Add New Chief People Officers

American Airlines has hired Mecole “Cole” Brown to join the airline as its chief people officer. Brown will lead all aspects of the airline’s People organization, including the teams supporting Global Talent and Recruitment, Benefits and Compensation, People Operations and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. JetBlue has also announced a new chief people officer. Laurie Villa will take on the role of JetBlue’s current chief people officer. We are 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.