JetBlue Airways Corporation has announced the appointment of Eileen McCarthy as the next General Counsel and Secretary of the company, effective August 5, 2024. McCarthy will oversee JetBlue’s legal, ethics and compliance, ESG, and sustainability efforts, and will manage the company’s relationships with its board of directors. She will report to Joanna Geraghty, JetBlue’s Chief Executive Officer.
McCarthy previously served as a member of JetBlue’s legal leadership team from 2006 to 2021, overseeing areas such as corporate governance, securities law, and ethics and compliance programs, while supporting the board of directors. Most recently, she was Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at UiPath Inc., an AI-focused enterprise automation software company based in New York, where she managed a global team covering securities, corporate governance, employment, ethics and compliance, privacy, insurance, ESG, litigation, equity, transactions, and general business matters.
Earlier in her career, Ms. McCarthy was a partner in the corporate and securities transactions group of a national law firm, with a practice focused on advising public companies on securities law and governance issues. She clerked for the Honorable K. Michael Moore, U.S.D.J., Southern District of Florida, and is admitted to practice in the State of New York as well as the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.
Ms. McCarthy holds an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a law degree from Fordham University School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Fordham International Law Journal. She succeeds Brandon Nelson, a long-time leader of JetBlue’s legal team since 2005, who has served as General Counsel and Secretary since 2018.
