Beth Santos is a passionate entrepreneur and community builder out to disrupt travel for women worldwide. She is founder and CEO of
Wanderful, an international collective of travelers and travel content creators on a mission to make travel better for all women. She is the creator of the
WITS Travel Creator Summit, a leading event for women and gender diverse travel creators, the annual
Bessie Awards to honor women of impact in travel, and the first major outdoor travel festival by and for women,
Wanderfest. Beth has been named one of 17 changemakers shaping the future of the travel industry by Business Insider, one of 12 women to follow by Conde Nast Traveller, and one of 20 influential women in the travel industry by Travel Pulse. In 2022, she was named Godmother of the Azamara Onward cruise ship. She is the author of
WANDER WOMAN: How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World and works to amplify underrepresented voices in travel while challenging each of us to do better in her work as a keynote speaker, an industry consultant, and a startup and small business coach. She has a BA from Wellesley College and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. At home she is a co-owner of
Ula Cafe, an inspired cafe and community hub in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, where she lives with her husband and children.