Erika Burkhardt

Experience

1. Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary

   Yum! Brands

   Nov 2024 — Present

   Erika Burkhardt is the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of Yum! Brands, Inc, reporting directly to the Yum! Brands CEO. In this role, she leads the company’s global legal activities, driving cross-brand collaboration on legal strategies and risk management. She is also proud to serve as executive sponsor to Yum’s Sustainability and Governmental Affairs teams. With over 20 years of in-house counsel experience, Erika has a proven track record of advising executives and providing legal leadership that fuels growth and innovation.Prior to assuming her current role, Erika served as Associate General Counsel, where she led Yum!’s trademark and employment law teams. Her earlier roles at Pizza Hut gave her deep expertise in restaurant operations, crisis management, and risk mitigation.Erika practiced law at Baker Botts LLP and Holland & Hart LLP, specializing in employment advice and litigation. She holds a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and a bachelor\'s degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Education

• Duke University School of Law

  J.D.

  1996 — 1999

Skills

• Franchise Agreements
• Licensing
• Franchising
• Corporate Governance
• Employee Relations
• Employment Law
• Succession Planning
• Human Resources
• Legal Research
• Union Relations
• Management
• Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Contract Negotiation