Ex-Biden, Facebook Attorney Joining Shopify as General Counsel

Shopify Inc. has hired Jessica Hertz, who stepped down this month from her role as cabinet secretary for President Joe Biden, to be its general counsel.

Hertz, who will start her new role in November, made waves in January when she joined the Biden administration’s White House as deputy assistant to the president and staff secretary. She spent the months prior to that appointment as general counsel for the Biden-Harris presidential transition team.

“I’m thrilled to be joining the Shopify team as general counsel and honored to play a part in making the tools of entrepreneurship available to as many ...