Company: UP
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-015477
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Company: Wheels Up Experience Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 Dorsey & Whitney LLP, where he led the firm-wide mergers and acquisitions practice. Mr. Knopf holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stony Brook University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago School of Law. Kristen Lauria. Ms. Lauria has served as Wheels Up’s Chief Customer and Marketing Officer since May 2023. Ms. Lauria focuses on Wheels Up's member value proposition and customer acquisition. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the Company's brand, creative and customer acquisition and retention, as well as member and customer experience. Previously, Ms. Lauria was the Executive Vice President and Global Chief Marketing Officer of Cigna Corporation (“Cigna”) from March 2020 to August 2021. Prior to Cigna, she spent over 17 years at IBM in various positions, where she led teams through significant technology shifts like the rise of mobile, the move to the cloud, and the establishment of Artificial Intelligence as a critical business tool. Ms. Lauria holds an Master of Business Administration degree from MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

| 66Wheels Up Experience Inc.Proxy Statement and Notice of 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders |

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Overview Our compensation philosophy and programs are designed with the objective of supporting our overall business and compensation goals. We expect our compensation philosophy to evolve as we continue to mature as a publicly traded company. The Compensation Committee sets our executive compensation philosophy and oversees our compensation and benefits programs, including the compensation to our named executive officers. In addition, the Compensation Committee has the authority to establish the compensation mix it believes is appropriate for each named executive officer, as well as any performance measures, goals, targets and business objectives that may be applicable for any element of such compensation mix. The Compensation Committee also determines the benefits and severance arrangements, if any, that we make available to our named executive officers. Pursuant to the Compensation Committee’s charter, it has the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities, along with the authority to act in relation to such responsibilities, to one or more subcommittees as it deems appropriate in its sole discretion. In addition, the Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, establish thresholds below which approval for some of its activities can be delegated to management without direct Compensation Committee involvement, subject to certain restrictions, including that no member of management shall be delegated authority over his or her