Biography

Arica Gately is currently the Senior Director of Airport Business Development at CLEAR, where she is responsible for growing CLEAR’s airport network. Arica has helped establish CLEAR’s registered traveler program, which is Safety Act certified by the Department of Homeland Security, at over 40 airports (and growing!).

Experiencing the transformation to a mobile-first world while in college made Arica intimately aware of technology’s influence on daily life. As a result, she is deeply passionate about the intersection of aviation and technology and has spent most of her burgeoning career working with airports to bring innovation to travelers. Prior to joining CLEAR, Arica was the Senior Manager of Airports Business Development at Lyft. There, she helped establish rideshare as a transportation option at hundreds of airports across the US and Canada.

Arica has a BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two young boys.