VP Of Corporate Communications Joe Lockhart Leaving Facebook

Facebook Vice President of Corporate Communications Joe Lockhart will become the latest high-profile executive to depart the social network, with Politico reporting that he will return to the East Coast and begin consulting.

Facebook Vice President of Corporate Communications Joe Lockhart will become the latest high-profile executive to depart the social network, with Politico reporting that he will return to the East Coast and begin consulting.

Lockhart, who served as White House press secretary under former President Bill Clinton, spent nearly 15 months with Facebook, and he will likely continue to consult for the social network, one of his friends told Politico, with a Facebook spokesperson telling Politico:

Joe ultimately came to the decision that he didn’t want to leave the East Coast, and obviously, we understand that decision … His roots on the East Coast are very deep.

Lockhart recently attended both the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention for Facebook, and Politico reported that he remained in Washington, D.C.,

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