Bethanie Baynes

Bethanie Baynes is the founder of Breadwinning Women of the World at Google. She is a tireless women’s advocate and recognized leader on the topic of breadwinning women as an advocate for females who are the sole household earners.

She has been featured on CNBC, Refinery 29, Medium, Know Your Value “Women in the News”, Said Business School at Oxford University, Chief Mom Officer, and on podcasts such as So Money with Farnoosh Torabi, Listen Money Matters and the Ellevate Network. She has contributed to multiple panels including for communities such as HeyMama, Mindr Global and The WIE Suite and the parents network at NASA. She was an official speaker at the Women’s March NYC 2020 and moderates many Talks At Google events for the Google sponsored YouTube channel on topics focused on furthering women in various industries including the film Equity, the film Egg, the documentary She Started It and the books The Myth of the Nice Girl and Fair Play.

She is a seasoned technology executive with over two decades of experience across various business units at Google and Amazon. Baynes earned extensive expertise in negotiating highly complex deals, bringing new products to market and scaling operations in customer support and business intelligence teams. With former leadership roles across Search, Commerce, Gaming, Media & Entertainment, News & Publishing and most recently Healthcare and Grocery, Baynes brought a depth of knowledge of the unique challenges and transformation opportunities of various industries.

Baynes holds a BA in Human Services from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. She has been awarded placement at several global leadership conferences for women including Women Transforming Leadership at Said Business School at Oxford University and the Women’s Director Development Program at Kellogg.