The Green Bay Packers will formally transition from Mark Murphy to Ed Policy as the team’s CEO and president during the annual shareholders meeting, which is set for Friday, July 25 inside Lambeau Field.
The mandatory retirement age of 70 arrives for Murphy on July 13. He has served as CEO and president of the Packers since Jan. 28, 2008.
“I look forward to Ed taking over leadership of the Packers. He’s been a tremendous asset to the organization and I’m confident he will be an excellent steward in the role,” Murphy said in a press release.
Over Murphy’s 17 years in charge, the Packers successfully transitioned from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers, won Super Bowl XLV and built up the area around Lambeau Field now known as “Titletown.” Green Bay made 12 playoff appearances, and Murphy oversaw only two sets of coaches/general managers — Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson, and Matt LaFleur and Brian Gutekunst.
Policy, the son of former San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns president Carmen Policy, has been with the Packers since 2012. He has been the team’s chief operating officer since January of 2018. The Packers announced him as the successor to Murphy last summer, and he’s been transitioning into the top job over the last year. Policy is 54 years old.
The meeting will also include a vote on three candidates for the Packers Board of Directors.
The Packers open training camp with a practice on Wednesday, July 23. The team is expected to hold a training camp practice on the same day as the shareholders meeting.