Hertz announced that Liz Bowyer has joined the company as executive vice president of corporate affairs, effective June 1, 2022. Bowyer will be responsible for Hertz's strategic approach to communications, corporate reputation, and the company's social responsibility and sustainability initiatives. Bowyer has spent her career working at the intersection of communications, politics and law.

She's been a television producer for NBC News, a speechwriter and researcher at the White House, and an attorney practicing complex civil litigation. She was a managing director at Goldman Sachs. Most recently, she was responsible for brand, content and strategic communications at a tech start-up focused on making home ownership more accessible.

Bowyer received her bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and her Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School. She's a member of the board of directors of Human Rights First and the Progressive Policy Institute.