The Packers announce Mark Murphy’s replacement

Due to the Green Bay Packers’ odd ownership structure, the person who serves as the team’s owner is actually the president and CEO of the club — a position that is voted on by the Packers’ board of directors. The team has also installed a mandatory retirement age for the position, 70 years old, which has meant that the summer of 2025 has been circled as a retirement date for current Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy for some time.

On Monday, the franchise voted unanimously on Murphy’s successor: Ed Policy, the Packers’ current COO and general counsel. According to Green Bay’s press release, Murphy will be in control of the club for the next 13 months before he officially passes the torch to Policy at the 2025 shareholders meeting.

Policy has held the role of COO and general counsel for the Packers since 2018, when he was promoted from vice president and general counsel, a role he took on in 2012. Before his career with the Packers, he worked with the Arena Football League, where he was the acting commissioner from 2008 to 2009, and the NFL’s league office, where he was an executive consultant from 2009 to 2010. He is also the son of Carmen Policy, who was the vice president, president and CEO of the San Francisco 49ers during all five of the club’s Super Bowl wins.

Since the announcement of Policy taking over for Murphy, there have been reports that claim that Jason Wright of the Washington Commanders was also a finalist for the position. Wright, a former Northwestern football player like Murphy, played in the NFL from 2004 to 2010. Since 2020, Wright has served as the Commanders’ team president — marking the NFL’s first black team president in league history.

Ultimately, Policy received approval from all nine members of the Packers’ board of directors, which includes representation from the team’s treasurer, personnel and compensation committee, Packers foundation chair, investment committee chair, executive committee and three board members at-large, featuring former player Eddie Garcia.