---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-015855"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULTA"
cik: "0001403568"
company_name: "Ulta Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T14:36:13.190234+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ulta Beauty promotes Kecia Steelman to President and COO

## Summary
- Kecia L. Steelman named President and COO, effective Sept. 13, 2023.
- She retains responsibility for corporate strategy, IT, store ops, supply chain, Ulta Beauty at Target, loss prevention, and enterprise transformation.
- Steelman joined Ulta in 2014 as SVP Store Operations, became COO in June 2021.
- Prior experience includes Family Dollar Stores, Home Depot, and Target Corporation.
- She continues to report to CEO Dave Kimbell.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-015855
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULTA
- cik: 0001403568
- company_name: Ulta Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837023015855/0001558370-23-015855-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837023015855/ulta-20230913x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-015855
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-015855.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kecia L. Steelman was named as President and Chief Operating Officer at Ulta Beauty, Inc..
  - Action: named
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On September 13, 2023, Kecia L. Steelman, the current Chief Operating Officer of Ulta Beauty, Inc. (the “Company”), was named President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403568/000155837023015855/0001558370-23-015855-index.htm

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