Lisa Jackson Mendapatkan Kenaikan Jabatan di Apple

Menyusul Jony Ive yang mendapatkan kenaikan jabatan baru menjadi Chief of Design pada akhir bulan lalu, kini hampir sebulan setelahnya salah petinggi Apple yang sebelumnya membidangi urusan lingkungan, Lisa Jackson, juga mendapatkan kenaikan jabatan baru.

Menurut keterangan dalam biografinya di laman Apple, Lisa Jackson yang sebelumnya menjabat sebagai Vice President of Environmental Initiative mengemban jabatan baru sebagai Vice President of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives.

Dari nama jabatan barunya, Lisa Jackson kini tidak hanya menangani permasalahan soal lingkungan saja, tetapi juga menangani inisiatif kebijakan dan sosial antara Apple dengan pemerintah dan masyarakat. Hal ini berarti tugas yang diembankan Apple kepadanya bertambah banyak.

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Selain di laman Apple.com, CEO Apple Tim Cook mengumumkan kenaikan jabatan Lisa Jackson dalam emailnya kepada para pegawai, sebagaimana diperoleh pertama kali oleh Washington Post. Dalam emailnya, Tim Cook mengharapkan Lisa Jackson dapat mencapai tujuan Apple untuk menjadikan dunia lebih baik, tidak hanya melalui bidang lingkungan, tapi juga pendidikan, hak asasi, dan lainnya.

Berikut email Tim Cook selengkapnya:

Team,

At Apple, we’ve dedicated ourselves to leaving the world better than we found it. And we are making real progress. I am proud and inspired when I see how our products and our people are improving lives around the world. This is what happens when we focus on putting our core values front and center in our products and operations.

Today, Apple is an industry leader in renewable energy, elimination of toxics and protecting working forests. As you know, Lisa Jackson joined us two years ago and we could not have come this far without her leadership on environmental initiatives across our company.

There’s much more to do, not just on the environment, but on other issues we value such as human rights, education, and accessibility of our products to those with physical or developmental challenges. Apple can and will play an important role in each of these areas. Already, we are actively working with 114 schools in the U.S. through our ConnectED program. We are putting more accessibility tools in the hands of our wonderful app developers. And we have made our voice heard on public policy issues that affect us including clean energy and equality. These issues are critical not only to us, but to our customers, our shareholders, and in the communities where we all live and work.

So I’ve asked Lisa to lead our work in these areas and to take on a broader role as vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives. Lisa will apply her passion and her unique skill set to integrate teams across Apple and make our impact even greater. As part of her new role, Lisa will also take over management of our worldwide Government Affairs function. Lisa already interacts regularly with governments around the world so she is a natural for this new role leading our public policy teams.

You can expect to see us create even more innovative programs which drive progress on these issues and others we care about most deeply.