Our Leadership Team

Kecia was named Ulta Beauty’s President and Chief Executive Officer in January of 2025, after serving in a number of leadership roles since joining Ulta Beauty in July of 2014. In her role as CEO, Kecia is responsible for setting and driving the Company’s long-term strategic vision and protecting and enriching its culture to ensure Ulta Beauty furthers its mission to leverage the power of beauty to make a positive impact on its associates, guests, partners, and all stakeholders.

Prior to her current role, she served as President and Chief Operating Officer from September 2023 to January 2025, Chief Operating Officer from June 2021 to September 2023, and Chief Store Operations Officer from September 2015 to June 2021, after joining the Company as Senior Vice President, Store Operations in 2014. Before joining Ulta Beauty, Kecia served in a number of leadership positions across leading retailers, including Family Dollar Stores from 2009 to 2014, and Home Depot from 2005 to 2009. She began her career at Target Corporation and served in a variety of retail operations and merchandising roles with increasing responsibility from 1993 to 2005. Kecia currently serves on the board of directors for The Bay Club Company and the Adler Planetarium.

Paula was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Ulta Beauty effective April 2024, after serving in key leadership roles across the Finance organization since 2019. In her role, she oversees the company’s finance, accounting, tax, treasury, procurement, internal audit, and investor relations. Previously, Paula served as Senior Vice President, Finance since February of 2022 where she had oversight of the Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury and Non-Merchandise Procurement functions, after serving as Vice President of Finance for Merchandising, Marketing, and eCommerce since 2019. Prior to joining Ulta Beauty, Paula served in finance and controller roles at Whirlpool Corporation and in senior level auditing and consulting positions with PwC. Paula currently serves on the board of Girls Inc. of Chicago.

Monica was named Chief Merchandising Officer in December 2019, after having served as Senior Vice President of Merchandising since joining Ulta Beauty in October 2017. Prior to Ulta Beauty, Monica served in numerous sales, merchandising and business development roles in the beauty industry at retailers including Sephora and Nordstrom and brands including Chanel, Bobbi Brown, Smashbox, Shu Uemura and Bare Escentuals. Monica currently serves on the board of directors for Cosmetic Executive Women.

Amiee was named Chief Retail Officer in January 2025. In this role, she oversees all aspects of Ulta Beauty’s store and services operations, including leading more than 1,400 store teams across the country, along with Ulta Beauty at Target. In addition, Amiee oversees real estate growth and development, store design, and the company’s loss prevention strategy and efforts. Previously, she served in multiple leadership positions since joining Ulta Beauty in September 2016, including Chief Store Operations Officer, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Senior Vice President, Stores – West Division and Corporate Store Operations. Prior to joining Ulta Beauty, she was the President of Thomas Advisory Group LLC, a consulting firm within the retail and beauty industry. Prior to that, Amiee held positions of increasing responsibility with JCPenney from 2007-2015, including Divisional Vice President Store Operations and Vice President of JCPenney Salons. Amiee also held various positions at Limited Brands Inc. from 2002-2007. Amiee serves on the advisory board for Shoptalk and board of directors for YWCA Metropolitan Chicago.

Rene was named Ulta Beauty’s Chief Legal Officer in April 2025. Prior to joining Ulta Beauty, Rene served in various legal leadership roles at Academy Sports + Outdoors since March 2013, including most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary. Previously, he served as an attorney at Vinson & Elkins and Latham & Watkins, where he advised companies with M&A, private equity, corporate governance and capital markets. Additionally, Rene has a background in finance and consulting after serving at Growth Capital Partners, KPMG Consulting, and Merrill Lynch. Rene sits on the board of directors of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Retail Litigation Center.

Erik Lopez was named Chief Supply Chain Officer in March 2024. In this role, he oversees the company’s supply chain strategy and operations, including retail distribution, e-commerce fulfillment, supplier operations, transportation and logistics, as well as our supply chain transformation efforts. Since joining Ulta Beauty in 2013, Erik has held multiple leadership positions across the company’s supply chain organization, and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Planning and Operations. Prior to joining Ulta Beauty, Erik held multiple Supply Chain roles with Target Corporation where he oversaw Distribution functions including Inbound Operations, Outbound Operations, Production Control, and Engineering & Facilities.

Kelly was appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Ulta Beauty in February 2025, after holding several key marketing and strategy leadership roles since joining the company in 2015. As CMO, Kelly is responsible for leading Ulta Beauty’s brand marketing strategy, and overseeing integrated marketing, creative development, member loyalty, consumer insights and analytics, public relations, social and influencer marketing, and media planning, including the UB Media retail media network. Prior to her appointment as CMO, Kelly served as Senior Vice President of Customer and Growth Marketing since 2023, where she played a pivotal role in architecting and expanding the Ulta Beauty Rewards Loyalty program, which now accounts for over 95% of company sales. Before joining Ulta Beauty, Kelly held several leadership positions at BP, including Chief of Staff for US Fuels & Retail, and held leadership positions within Eire Direct, a consulting agency supporting customer engagement solutions. Kelly also serves on the Board of Directors of Ebbo, a customer engagement solutions and loyalty company, and is a dedicated board member of Metropolitan Family Services, where she works to strengthen and empower families throughout the Chicagoland area.

Mike was named Chief Technology and Transformation Officer in January 2025, after serving as Chief Technology and Information Officer since joining Ulta Beauty in June 2023. He leads the core elements of Ulta Beauty’s IT and Digital functions, including IT infrastructure, systems and security, digital experience and operations, and consumer technology, along with leading the company’s transformation efforts. Most recently, Mike served as Global Chief Technology Officer for Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), where he led technology transformation, modernization, digital strategy, data & analytics, and IT innovation. Prior to that, Mike spent 25 years growing his career with Accenture, managing a large portfolio of digital programs and IT capabilities in support of the company’s go-to-market teams across the globe. Previously, Mike was a Managing Director in the Accenture technology practice, leading transformational work with multiple leading retail, CPG and healthcare companies. Mike currently serves on the Board of Advisors for Chicago Innovation and on Forbes Technology Council.

Anita was named Chief Human Resources Officer in April 2022, after having previously served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources since 2018 and Vice President of Human Resources since 2016. She is responsible for Ulta Beauty’s HR strategy and innovation, including oversight of the company’s people success business partner team and centers of excellence in talent acquisition; associate care and support; leadership and organization development; diversity, equity, and inclusion; community engagement; compliance; internal communications and training for the enterprise. Prior to her more than 20-year career at Ulta Beauty, Anita began her career in the grocery industry where she held numerous operations leadership roles before transitioning to human resources. Anita currently serves on the board of directors of the Skills for Chicagoland’s Future and the Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation.