

Laura Heltebran
Former Chief Legal Officer
Wheels Up
Ms. Heltebran has 30 years of global experience as a technology, hospitality and aviation executive leader. She is known as a highly collaborative and trusted business advisor to public company boards and has served on several private and non-profit boards. She most recently served as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE: UP) where she led the company’s 2021 IPO as well as a significant restructuring event in 2023. Prior to Wheels Up, Ms. Heltebran held Deputy General Counsel positions with Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT), where she developed the enterprise crisis management protocol and led the response to a significant data breach; Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), leading global legal for the $20B Enterprise Services division and managing its spin-off to merge with CSC to form DXC Technologies (NYSE: DXC); and Computer Sciences Corporation (now NYSE: DXC), driving growth while leading the Americas Legal Team and working on the spin-off of CSC’s public sector business.
Ms. Heltebran is known as a highly collaborative and trusted business advisor to public company boards and has served on private and non-profit boards. She is a member of NACD and holds her NACD.DC certification. She is a member of the New York Stock Exchange Board Services Program, Private Directors Association and Extraordinary Women on Boards. She previously served on the boards of Women Leading Travel & Hospitality, Legal Services of Northern Virginia and Street Law. She is an alumnus of the 2022 DirectWomen Board Institute.
Ms. Heltebran holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from George Mason University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University.