Caroline Gorham

Caroline Gorham is a member of the Nicholas Institute operations team. She manages a collection of tasks related to finance, human resources, office management, and event planning. She also provides executive-level administrative support to the Nicholas Institute director. Gorham is most excited about helping her department evolve and polish its operational performance and she draws on her decade of experience working within Duke University institutes, initiatives, and centers to make this happen.

Prior to joining Duke, Gorham worked as a sustainability coordinator for a large food service company, as a member services and training manager at a start-up in the legal industry, and as an administrative assistant in local government. She is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she completed a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus in international studies and a minor in Spanish.