Executive Director
sophiadicaro@utah.gov
(801) 538-1534
Sophia M. DiCaro is Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget and a Senior Advisor to Gov. Spencer J. Cox. Prior to her current role, Sophia was the chief compliance officer for The Cynosure Group, an investment advisory firm in Salt Lake City.
Public service began in 2001 in the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget, where she ran the Utah State Data Center performing demographic and economic analyses and later became a lead budget and policy analyst. She then spent six years in the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, first as finance director, and later as deputy director and chief operating officer.
DiCaro taught public budgeting and finance as an adjunct instructor for the Master of Public Administration program at University of Utah for five years and served a term in the Utah State House of Representatives, representing northern West Valley City. She also served as a commissioner for the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission for several years.
DiCaro serves on multiple boards and commissions and currently chairs the board of trustees for Primary Children’s Hospital. Other advisory boards include the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, UCAIR (Utah Clean Air Partnership), the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Board, the Utah Women’s Leadership Institute, the Charter School Finance Authority, and several others.