Amazon’s Top Policy Executive Jay Carney to Join Airbnb as Head of Policy

Jay Carney, the highest coverage and communications govt at Amazon and one-time White House spokesman, has been named the top of coverage at Airbnb, marking one other high-profile departure for Amazon because it faces a shifting client panorama and heightened regulatory scrutiny.

Carney, who served because the press secretary for President Barack Obama, will be part of Airbnb’s govt staff and work with co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, the corporate mentioned in a Friday blog post.

“Jay has worked at the highest levels of both government and technology, serving as a strategic counselor to the President, and at one of the largest tech companies in the world,” Chesky mentioned within the submit.

Carney will be part of Airbnb in September in Washington, DC.

Amazon has seen string of exits since Andy Jassy succeeded founder Jeff Bezos as CEO final summer time. This month, Dave Clark, the chief govt of Amazon’s client enterprise who oversaw a mass growth of Amazon’s logistics footprint, left the corporate after 23 years. Clark, who will be part of the logistics startup Flexport in September, was changed by Doug Herrington, one other govt who helped launch Amazon Fresh in 2017.

Carney began with Amazon seven years in the past and ran the corporate’s world company affairs organisation, reporting on to the CEO. He oversaw Amazon’s coverage and public relations, specializing in the corporate’s relationship with lawmakers and the White House.

Carney was White House press secretary from 2011 to 2014 after serving as director of communications for then Vice President Joe Biden.

Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.