Alaska Air enlists Lyft lawyer to build connections
Alaska Airlines
Annabel Chang starts her new job as Alaska Airlines's new VP, Bay Area, in June. She joins the SeaTac-based airline from ride sharing company Lyft.
Alaska Air Group Inc. has hired Lyft attorney and executive Annabel Chang to be its new vice president in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Chang will help SeaTac-based Alaska Airlines shape and execute its strategic external relations, local government advocacy and community relations in the Bay Area, Alaska Air said in a news release.
She will also provide what the airline called "local support and insight" for Alaska's sales and marketing efforts in the Bay Area after its $2.6 billion takeover of California-based Virgin America in late 2016.
Chang has worked at Lyft since 2014. She was the ride-hailing company's director of public policy and oversaw state and local political efforts in Lyft's western U.S. markets when it agreed to pay $27 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in federal court in the Northern District of California.
Lyft drivers in California alleged they were wrongly classified as independent contractors rather than employees. A judge approved the settlement in March; the drivers remained contractors.
The Puget Sound Business Journal has more (the full story is limited to PSBJ subscribers).
Andrew McIntosh covers aerospace and manufacturing for the Puget Sound Business Journal.
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