Maryam Mujica currently serves as Booking Holdings' Head of Public Affairs for the Americas. In this capacity, she represents brands such as Booking.com, Priceline, KAYAK, OpenTable, and Agoda, among other entities within the Booking Holdings portfolio, before government, political, and regulatory audiences on policy issues within the technology and travel industries. She has worked at the forefront of tech policy over the last decade, shaping key legislative initiatives around the world. Prior to Booking.com, Maryam was the Global Head of Government Affairs at Shopify. Prior to Shopify, she was Head of Emerging Markets (Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Russia & Turkey) for Google’s International Government Affairs team out of their Washington, DC office. Maryam began her career as a litigation attorney. After leaving legal practice, Maryam returned to the public sector where she worked in different national security roles at the US Department of State and The White House National Security Council focusing on the Middle East region. In 2014, Maryam returned to the private sector by joining Twitter’s Public Policy & Government Affairs team in Washington, DC, engaging on issues ranging from countering violent extremism to intermediary liability. Between legal practice and her time in government, Maryam worked at Stanford Law School. Maryam obtained her undergraduate degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She attended Santa Clara University Law School and obtained a Master’s Certificate in Public Administration from the University of Virginia. She is licensed to practice law in California. She speaks Spanish fluently and is conversant in French and Farsi. Maryam is based in Washington, DC where she lives with her husband and daughter.