Caroline Perry
Chief Operating Officer
Caroline Perry was promoted to her current position of Chief Operating Officer in January 2023. She is the highest-ranking female employee in Padres history and is currently one of only three female COO’s in Major League Baseball.
The 2026 season marks Perry’s 16th with the Padres after originally joining the club as associate general counsel in April 2011. In her current role, she oversees the Padres’ ballpark operations, business strategy and analytics, legal, finance, government affairs and information technology operations.
Perry has been involved in many large-scale projects for the Padres, including the Padres’ renovation of Gallagher Square, negotiations with the City of San Diego surrounding the All-Star Game and the management of Petco Park and the sale of the team to the current ownership group in 2012.
Prior to joining the Padres, Perry worked as a corporate attorney for Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in the Bay Area and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, where she focused primarily on corporate finance and general corporate matters. Prior to graduating from law school, Perry was an account management associate at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager.
A native of San Diego, Perry graduated with honors from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Biology. Perry earned her law degree from Columbia University, where she was a James Kent scholar and managing editor of the Columbia Business Law Review. She serves on the board of directors of Make-a-Wish and Girl Scouts of San Diego and is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law. Perry and her husband live in La Jolla with their two daughters.