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Wheels Up’s Chung honored for breaking racial, gender barriers

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021by Doug Gollan

Wheels Up’s Chief Growth Officer Stephanie Chung is being spotlighted for her role in breaking racial and gender barriers in aviation

To celebrate Women’s History Month, Afrotech is spotlighting Stephanie Chung, Wheels Up’s chief growth officer. The feature highlights “six black women leading the aviation industry.”

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Celebrating women in jet cards for International Women’s Day

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021by Doug Gollan1 Comment

To mark International Women’s Day, we take a non-comprehensive look at some of the women behind the jet card programs you fly with

From the cockpit to the boardroom, women are making an impact on private aviation

While there is plenty of room for more women in leadership positions in private aviation, the good news is women are in more and more high-profile positions – including the cockpit.

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Two Wheels Up execs picked by Oprah for “paving the way for women in leadership positions”

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021by Doug Gollan

Oprah Winfrey’s magazine has selected Wheels Up executives Gail Grimmett and Stephanie Chung as bosses “paving the way for women in leadership positions.”

This month Oprah highlights 31 women who “are showing what’s possible when a woman is given the chance to lead.” March is Women’s History Month.

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Wheels Up taps Hilton Hotels for Chief Legal Officer

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021by Doug Gollan

Wheels Up continues its acquisition of companies and talent, this time adding Laura Heltebran as chief legal officer

After plucking a former Amazon and Airbnb executive to lead its Wheels Up marketplace at the end of December, and a GE and eBay alum as human resources boss last week, today Wheels Up tapped Hilton Worldwide. Laura Heltebran joins the diversified private aviation provider as the chief legal officer. She will oversee all legal, corporate governance, privacy, IP, compliance, and risk, reporting to Wheels Up founder and CEO Kenny Dichter.

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