Alana Washington

Alana Washington is an experienced design leader currently serving as the Director of Design for Platform & Design Systems at Rippling since May 2024. Alana holds leadership roles at SF Design Week as Chairman of the Board and Advisor, and previously worked at Uber Freight from December 2019 to May 2024 in various capacities including Director of Product Design and Interim Head of Design. Alana's background also includes significant roles at Capital One, where work involved establishing a Data Experience Design practice and scaling service design. Prior experience encompasses directing design strategy at GfK Custom Research North America, as well as training and organizational effectiveness roles at HBO. Alana's academic credentials include a Master’s in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from New York University, CORe certification from Harvard Business School Online, and a Bachelor’s in Psychology and English Literature from the University of California, Davis.