For the first time, a major U.S. airline will have a female CEO: JetBlue announced Monday that Joanna Geraghty, the company’s president and COO, will succeed Robin Hayes as CEO. The airline said Hayes is stepping down for health reasons.
Geraghty’s appointment “is a really important win for women in aviation,” said Emily Wicker, the president of Advancing Women in Aviation Roundtable, an organization dedicated to increasing the number of female leaders within the aviation sector. “It is precisely the kind of promotion we fight for. JetBlue has been committed to the advancement of women in leadership, and it is no surprise that they are the first U.S. airline to have a woman in the CEO role.” Wicker pointed out that JetBlue also has a female CFO, Ursula Hurley.
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