Stefania R. Geraci is a VP & Deputy General Counsel at The Estee Lauder Companies, where she leads a team of lawyers who provide strategic advice and counsel to ELC’s businesses in the Americas and EMEA and ELC Travel Retail and Online & Digital businesses. Prior to joining ELC, Stefania was General Counsel, North America for Luxottica, a world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of fashion, luxury, sports and performance eyewear.

Her unique blend of empathetic listening and non-nonsense advising are the perfect complement to her years of experience and expertise in complex business transactions, critical contract negotiations, risk management and compliance, business strategy development and legal department management and process creation and implementation. Her experience on the global stage and ability to drill down into complexities make her an invaluable asset to the C suite.

Earlier in her career, Stefania was an Associate at the law firm Hogan Lovells. She is a graduate of The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Barnard College, Columbia University.