The Dodgers have brought in Caroline Perry as their new chief operating officer, adding a longtime Padres executive to the organization’s front office ranks.
Perry is joining the club as an executive vice president after 16 years with San Diego and is set to replace retiring COO Bob Wolfe on November 30.
Her résumé in San Diego includes work on some of the franchise’s biggest off-field projects. Perry played a key role in negotiations with the City of San Diego that helped bring the 2016 All-Star Game to Petco Park, helped with the development of Gallagher Square outside the stadium, and was involved in the sales of the Padres in both 2012 and 2026.
“It is a tremendous honor to join the Dodgers,” Perry said in a statement. “On the field, they have set an unparalleled standard of excellence in baseball under the current leadership.
Off the field, their historic legacy, passionate fan base and service to the community speak for themselves. While I am incredibly grateful for my time with the Padres and for the colleagues who made those years so meaningful, I am excited to take my place with the Dodgers and to contribute to their continued success.
Thank you to Mark Walter, Stan Kasten and the entire Dodger family for welcoming me.”
Perry is one of only three COOs in Major League Baseball, alongside Marti Wronski of the Milwaukee Brewers and Samantha Englehardt of the New York Mets.
She also spoke in 2024 to Ranch & Coast Magazine in San Diego about the gradual increase in women moving into leadership roles in sports. “We’re right on the cusp of seeing so many of these young women start to move into more senior roles in sports, which is really great to see,” she says.
“You never want to create that world where women feel like there’s only one spot and so everyone’s got to fight for it and you’ve got to tear other people down on your way to try and get it. That’s not how we grow as a sport, as an industry.
We grow by creating more opportunities.”
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