---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-000288"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T17:29:14.440396+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty CHRO Jeffrey Childs to retire, Anita Ryan to succeed

## Summary
- Jeffrey J. Childs, Chief Human Resources Officer, will retire effective April 5, 2022.
- Anita Ryan, currently SVP of Human Resources, will succeed him on April 5, 2022.
- Ryan has been with Ulta Beauty for 19 years, holding roles of increasing responsibility.
- Ryan will be the first female Chief Human Resources Officer in Ulta Beauty's history.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-000288
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022000288/0001558370-22-000288-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022000288/ulta-20220117x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000288
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000288.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000288.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anita Ryan was appointed as Chief Human Resources Officer at Ulta Beauty, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Human Resources Officer
  source text: Mr. Childs will be succeeded by Anita Ryan, currently Ulta Beauty’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022000288/0001558370-22-000288-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey J. Childs departed as Chief Human Resources Officer at Ulta Beauty, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Human Resources Officer
  source text: On January 17, 2022, Jeffrey J. Childs, the Chief Human Resources Officer of Ulta Beauty, Inc. (the “Company” or “Ulta Beauty”), notified the Company that he intends to retire effective April 5, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022000288/0001558370-22-000288-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.