PALO ALTO, CA: Facebook's VP of global communications Joe Lockhart is stepping down from his role after being with the social network since last June.

Lockhart, who reported to Elliot Schrage, the company's VP of global communications, marketing, and public policy, will continue working at the site as a consultant, a Facebook spokeswoman told PRWeek. She added that Facebook has "no interim announcements" at the moment. 

Part of the reason Lockhart is leaving the company is because he didn't want to move to ...