Beth
Axelrod
Former Global Head of Employee Experience, Airbnb
Beth Axelrod is currently a board director at YETI Holdings, Inc. She sits on the Advisory Council of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University and serves as an advisor to several venture funds.
Beth has held senior people leadership and executive team roles, most recently as Airbnb’s Global Head of Employee Experience. Previously, she led HR for the combined eBay and PayPal. She started her HR career as WPP Group’s Chief Talent Officer and served as an Executive Director.
Beth was a partner at McKinsey & Company serving clients’ strategy and organization needs. She led the firm’s second generation of research titled The War for Talent and is a co-author of the book, The War for Talent. Beth started her career in investment banking.
She holds a BSE degree with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MPPM from the Yale School of Management.
