---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001158463-24-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBLU"
cik: "0001158463"
company_name: "JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T17:48:34.971957+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# JetBlue appoints Eileen McCarthy as General Counsel; Brandon Nelson departs

## Summary
- Eileen McCarthy named General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective Aug 5, 2024, succeeding Brandon Nelson.
- McCarthy previously served at JetBlue (2006-2021) and most recently at UiPath as SVP deputy general counsel.
- Brandon Nelson will serve as strategic advisor through Nov 1, 2024, with $550K salary continuation and $393K pro-rated bonus.
- Nelson's departure effective Aug 5; he joined JetBlue in 2005 and was GC since 2018.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001158463-24-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBLU
- cik: 0001158463
- company_name: JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000017/0001158463-24-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000017/jblu-20240719.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158463-24-000017
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158463-24-000017.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158463-24-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brandon Nelson departed as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Brandon Nelson, who joined JetBlue in 2005 and has served as the Company's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since 2018, will depart from these positions with the Company, effective August 5, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000017/0001158463-24-000017-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eileen McCarthy was appointed as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Mr. Nelson will be succeeded by Eileen McCarthy, who previously spent 14 years in various positions at JetBlue, most recently as Vice President, Associate General Counsel from 2015 to 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000017/0001158463-24-000017-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.