JetBlue announced changes to its board of directors aligned with the company’s new governance guidelines, which the company recently revised to enhance the independence of the board. Consistent with the new guidelines, Joel Peterson, Frank Sica and Stephan Gemkow will retire from the board at the end of their current term. Peter Boneparth will succeed Peterson as chair. Robert Leduc has been nominated as an independent director and will stand for election at the annual meeting of stockholders in May 2020. In addition, JetBlue announced that Chief Executive Officer Robin Hayes has agreed to extend the term of his employment contract for an additional year through July 2022. The board of directors named Boneparth to succeed Peterson as chair of the board effective after the end of the current term, which expires on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders in May. Peterson will support the transition over the next few months. Boneparth joined the JetBlue board in 2008 and has chaired the audit committee since 2010. He currently sits on the board of Kohl’s Corp. He served as president and CEO of the Jones Apparel Group, a leading designer and marketer of apparel brands. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Jones Moderate Division and was CEO, president, and a board member of McNaughton Apparel Group.