For over 20 years Ukachi has held various Engineering, Development and Leadership roles with increasing responsibility throughout her career for several companies including Coty and Avon Products, Inc. In her current role as Global Vice President, Packaging Innovation Strategy & Portfolio Management for the Estee Lauder Companies, Ukachi leads the end-to-end strategic and critical Packaging driven enterprise initiatives as well as KPIs impacting pipeline innovation, sufficiency, and efficiency for the company’s full portfolio of prestige brands.
She serves on various boards ranging from education, beauty, and community-based organizations including the Cosmetics Industry of Buyers & Sellers (CIBS), CHIEF and One X League–networks focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders, such as the Black Alumni Collective–an organization established to unify and empower Black Alumni through civic engagement, economics and advocacy, as well as several Rutgers University Advisory Boards and Alumni organizations.
Ukachi continues to value the importance of paying her efforts forward by volunteering and mentoring with several organizations including Rutgers University School of Packaging, The Young Women’s Leadership School in East Harlem, NY, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and her sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Ukachi has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering as well as an MBA with a concentration in Marketing from Rutgers University. She has received several award recognitions over the years including The BIG10 Black Alumni Award, Rutgers Business School’s Alumni Rising Star Award, the Universal Women’s Network International Authentic Leader Award, the Institute of Packaging Professionals College of Fellows Award, America On Tech’s Innovator and Disruptor Award, The Network Journal’s “40 under Forty” Award, and has been featured in Essence Magazine as well as several leading Beauty industry publications.