
Rachel Been is the SVP of Design at Expedia Group, leading global teams across product design, research, and content as the company shifts toward an AI native, experience led travel platform. She’s previously led design at Airbnb across core guest, host, and customer service experiences, and at Google across Nest, the Google Home app redesign, ambient computing, automation, and AI. A founding leader of Material Design, Rachel brings deep systems design expertise and a builder mindset, helping teams move from craft to scaled impact with clarity, curiosity, and high taste.