Brett J. Hart is Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for United.

In this role, Hart is responsible for managing the company’s legal and environmental affairs, corporate security, corporate real estate worldwide, government affairs, community affairs, corporate communications and international, regulatory and policy matters for the airline.

Prior to joining United in 2010, Hart was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Sara Lee Corporation, where he directed global legal operations for the corporation.

Prior to Sara Lee, Hart was a Partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in Chicago. Before that, he served as Special Assistant to the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Treasury in Washington, D.C.