---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819848-23-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JOBY"
cik: "0001819848"
company_name: "Joby Aviation, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T17:00:46.786187+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Joby Aviation appoints former FAA Administrator Michael Huerta to board

## Summary
- Huerta served as FAA Administrator (2011-2018) and also sits on Delta Air Lines' board.
- Delta has an upfront equity investment of $60M in Joby, with up to $200M possible upon milestones.
- Joby is first eVTOL firm to complete two of five FAA type certification stages; targets commercial service in 2025.
- Huerta was jointly selected for nomination by Delta under the Umbrella Agreement signed in October 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819848-23-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JOBY
- cik: 0001819848
- company_name: Joby Aviation, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984823000094/0001819848-23-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984823000094/joby-20230323.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819848-23-000094
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819848-23-000094.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael P. Huerta was appointed as director at Joby Aviation, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On March 23, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Joby Aviation, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an increase to the size of the Board from eight members to nine members and appointed Michael P. Huerta as a Class I director, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984823000094/0001819848-23-000094-index.htm

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