Monica Caro, M.A., J.D.

Director of Strategy

Monica Caro

Email:

mcaro@nd.edu

Office Phone:

(574) 631-7869

Office Address:

212 Geddes Hall


Monica Caro joined the Center for Social Concerns as director of strategy in summer 2024. In this role, she supports the executive director with administration and planning. At Notre Dame, Monica has previously served the Nanovic Institute for European Studies as well as the international and graduate programs within the Law School. At the Nanovic Institute, she oversaw the administration of program expansion, both on campus and in Europe, while maintaining an engaged team. She was recognized for her work with the Nanovic Institute with a Team Irish Award (Fall 2022) and the Presidential Values Award (2013). Her work was also recognized by the Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia, with a commemorative medal in September 2020 “for initiating and managing the program of education of leaders of Catholic Universities in Central Europe, and for long-term cooperation and international support for the Catholic University in Ružomberok.”

Before serving at the University, Monica practiced law for four years in the US federal court system. She clerked for the Honorable Daniel A. Manion on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the late Honorable Paul V. Gadola on the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. A grateful alumna of the University of Notre Dame, she went on to receive an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. in the inaugural class of Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She lives on five acres with her husband and two children.