United Airlines Names New Vice President – Human Resources
UAL Corporation, parent company of United Airlines, announced today that it has named Dana Sacks vice president Human Resources Partners and Talent Acquisition. Sacks will be responsible for leading the HR support team for the companys business leaders and for talent acquisition.
Most recently Sacks served as vice president of Human Resources for PepsiAmericas. In her time there she held a variety of human resources leadership positions with responsibility for HR strategic planning, merger and acquisition activities, organization design, succession planning and leadership development for their International Business Unit.
Prior to PepsiAmericas, Sacks held HR leadership roles at Tellabs, Platinum Technology and Amoco Corporation. Sacks will report to Marc Ugol, senior vice president – Human Resources.
“Having Dana join the team reinforces our commitment to further driving a performance culture, and to attracting and retaining a highly talented workforce,” said Ugol. “We continue to invest in developing a world class Human Resources organization to help drive our business performance.”
About United
United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of UAL Corporation (Nasdaq: UAUA), operates approximately 3,300* flights a day on United and United Express to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 1,077 destinations in 175 countries worldwide. United's 47,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world.
*Based on United's forward-looking flight schedule for October 2009 to October 2010.
