
	Rachel Bell was appointed Vice President and Controller in February 2014. She joined the company as Director of Internal Audit in 2012. Building on a distinguished career in finance and accounting, Rachel is responsible for Virgin America&#39;s day-to-day accounting and financial reporting and brings extensive finance and accounting expertise to the role, along with broad experience in financial process improvement gained through her consulting work that spans industries.
	
	Before joining Virgin America, Rachel was Managing Director in the San Francisco office of global business and risk consulting firm Protiviti from 2003 to 2011. Prior to her tenure at Protiviti, she was Senior Manager of Corporate Internal Audit for Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International, a leading hotel management company. Before that, Rachel was a Principal in PricewaterhouseCoopers&#39; (PwC) Management Consulting group.
	
	Outside of the office, Rachel enjoys surfing, a sport she and her husband picked up after moving to the West coast; a favorite surf spot is Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz.
	
	Rachel holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland&#39;s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
