Stefania R. Geraci is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for the Global Commercial Relations
group at The Estee Lauder Companies. In this role, Stefania leads a global team of lawyers who provide
strategic and tactical legal advice, supporting commercial transactions for ELC’s North America, Latin
America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), UK & Ireland and ELC Travel Retail and Online & Digital
businesses.
Prior to joining ELC, Stefania was General Counsel for Grassi, an elite accounting and professional
services firm among the Top 100 largest firms in the United States, and prior to that she was Vice
President and 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 in the Manhattan office of the law firm Hogan Lovells.
She is a graduate of The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and received her B.A. in Political Science
from Barnard College, Columbia University.