U.S. beauty retailer Ulta Beauty has appointed Mary Dillon as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2013. Interim Chief Executive Officer Dennis Eck will step down from his role at that time.
Dillon, 52, joins Ulta Beauty from U.S. Cellular, where she served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director since June 2010. At U.S. Cellular, a US$4 billion national wireless carrier with operations in 26 states, 5.1 million customers and a network of 1,300 stores, Dillon led the company to develop new channels of distribution and revenue initiatives, implement an omni-channel strategy, and strengthen e-commerce platforms.
From 2005 to 2010, Dillon served as Global Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President for McDonald’s Corporation. Prior to joining McDonald’s, Dillon was an executive at PepsiCo, where she held various positions of increasing responsibility, including President of the Quaker Foods division. Additionally, Dillon served as a member of the Board of Directors for Target Corporation since 2007, and served as Chair and Executive Committee member for CTIA - The Wireless Association. Dillon received a bachelor of science in Marketing and Asian Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Ulta Beauty offers a combination of over 20,000 prestige and mass beauty products across the categories of cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products and salon styling tools, as well as salon haircare products. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in all of its stores. As of May 4, 2013, Ulta operated 576 retail stores across 46 states, in addition to its website: www.ulta.com.
