eBay named Alan Marks Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications. Reporting to President and CEO John Donahoe, Marks will be responsible for leading the communications strategies for all areas of the company, including business and consumer media relations, employee communications, executive positioning and issues and reputation management. Marks will join eBay's executive staff.

Before joining eBay, Marks was director of Global Corporate Media Relations for Nike, focusing on corporate communications and corporate responsibility communications. From 1999 to 2005, Marks was Vice President of Corporate Communications for Gap, where he led media relations, executive and employee communications, reputation management and corporate responsibility. Before joining Gap, Marks was with Avon Products for 12 years in a variety of global communications positions. He began his career as a journalist. Marks will relocate with his family from Portland, Oregon, to the Bay Area and will join the company on April 28, 2008.