Anyone who sports a pair of Teva sandals or knows a teenage girl who begged for UGG Boots for her birthday knows Deckers Outdoor Corp. The Goleta-based company has grown from a single brand in 1980 — Deckers sandals, the choice of surfers — to a $813 million company in 2010 based on five key brands: UGG Australia, Simple Shoes, Teva Footwear, Ahnu Flip Flops and Tsubo. Deckers (Nasdaq: DECK) has facilities in China, Macau, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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Stephanie Cucurullo, 45, began her working life in theater and has brought a creative flair to every stage of an unconventional legal career. Cucurullo was named general counsel for Deckers in 2009 after joining the company in 2007 as vice president-legal and assistant secretary. Cucurullo was previously at Reebok International Ltd. from 1994 to 2005. Between 2005 to 2007 she worked as a consultant. The New York City native earned her law degree in 1994 from Northeastern University School of Law. She did her undergraduate work at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania and University of Massachusetts-Boston, where she graduated with a theater and opera degree in 1987.
