Ms. Heltebran most recently served as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE: UP), a global private aviation and technology company with a market cap of $1.2B. She held a key role on the 6-person Executive Leadership Team, led the company’s 2021 SPAC IPO and several acquisitions including Air Partner, a UK Public Company (LSE: AIR) in 2022.
In 2023 while preparing the company for Chapter 11, her team successfully closed the company-saving $450M investment made by private equity firms and Delta Air Lines, which allowed for an out-of-court restructuring. She was a key strategic advisor to the Wheels Up Board of Directors, planning and attending all board and committee meetings. She was the executive lead to the Nominating and ESG Committee and worked closely with the Audit, Compensation, and Safety, Security & Operations committees.
Ms. Heltebran has 30 years of global experience as a technology and professional services executive and international leader, including years as a highly collaborative and trusted business advisor to Fortune 500 global public companies. She is an experienced executive presenter in the boardroom, with operational experience in areas boards face today, including transformation, restructuring, M&A, debt financing, cyber/privacy protection, ESG, DE&I, enterprise risk management and board governance. Her expertise spans high-growth, transitional and turnaround environments. She spent much of her childhood in the Middle East and has managed sizable international teams, giving her a unique global perspective.
Ms. Heltebran’s public company experience includes Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT), where she developed the crisis management protocol for critical reputational risk issues such as properties used for sex trafficking and alleged racial profiling, led the team responding to a significant data breach and launched the GDPR/CCPA and records retention programs; Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), managing global legal for the $20B Enterprise Services professional services division and managing the spin-off of Enterprise Services to merge with CSC to form DXC Technologies (NYSE: DXC); Computer Sciences Corporation (now NYSE: DXC), where she led the Americas Legal Team, the team supporting Global HR and worked on the spin-off of CSC’s public sector business; and ACS, Inc. (now NASDAQ: CNDT) where she led the global transaction team driving ITO, HRO and BPO services.
Ms. Heltebran is a member of NACD and holds her NACD.DC certification. She was recognized by the American Corporate Counsel National Capital Region as the 2024 Outstanding Community Service Leader and was named a 2022 “Power Women” by New York Moves Magazine. She was named a “Top Woman in Travel and Hospitality” by Women Leading Travel & Hospitality and was a member of their Advisory Board until December 2024. 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.