---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-001273"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T07:26:37.586491+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty appoints Kelly E. Garcia and Gisel Ruiz to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Kelly E. Garcia, CTO of Domino's Pizza, and Gisel Ruiz, former EVP/COO of Sam's Club, elected as independent directors effective Feb 16, 2022.
- Garcia brings 24+ years of technology and leadership experience; Ruiz brings 26+ years of retail and operations expertise.
- Board expands to 13 members; 54% women, 31% racially diverse, 38% joined within the last five years.
- Both will stand for reelection at the 2022 annual meeting; no related-party transactions reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-001273
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022001273/0001558370-22-001273-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022001273/ulta-20220216x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001273
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001273.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001273.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gisel Ruiz was elected as Director at Ulta Beauty, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 16, 2022, Ulta Beauty, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding the election of Kelly E. Garcia and Gisel Ruiz to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022001273/0001558370-22-001273-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kelly E. Garcia was elected as Director at Ulta Beauty, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 16, 2022, Ulta Beauty, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding the election of Kelly E. Garcia and Gisel Ruiz to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837022001273/0001558370-22-001273-index.htm

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