JetBlue announced the appointment of Nik Mittal to its board of directors. The independent director appointment is effective immediately, following unanimous approval by the company's board of directors. Mittal is currently president and co-portfolio manager of Molecule Ventures LLC, a New York City-based environmental markets investment firm he co-founded in 2020 focused on carbon assets and carbon markets globally.

He is also a partner and lead investor in Plankton Energy LLC, a community solar developer in the Northeast as well as an advisor to CleanPlanet Chemical, a solvent waste management and recycling company. Mittal was previously a firm partner at JANA Partners LLC, where he helped direct the firm's investment research and focused on public markets investing across multiple industries for more than a decade. He began his career as an investment banking associate at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette.

Mittal received his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his MBA and J.D. from New York University, and a certification in sustainable finance from Columbia University. The appointment of Mittal brings JetBlue's Board of Directors to 11 members, 10 of whom are independent.