GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2014 Ed Policy began his tenure as the Green Bay Packers\u2019 president\/CEO by paying tribute to his predecessor.<\/p>\n
Policy officially took over for Mark Murphy on Friday as the NFL\u2019s only publicly owned franchise held its annual shareholders meeting. During Murphy\u2019s 17 seasons on the job, the Packers made 13 playoff appearances, with the 2010 team winning a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n
\u201cI assure you that going forward I\u2019m going to lean heavily on your example and your pearls of wisdom as I move the organization into the future,\u201d Policy said.<\/p>\n
Murphy is stepping down because he reached the franchise\u2019s mandatory retirement age of 70 earlier this month. Murphy said he felt he could continue meeting the demands of this position but added that he agrees with the Packers\u2019 retirement policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my career \u2013 business and with the league and others \u2013 you see examples where maybe people stay on a little too long, so I think this serves the Packers well,\u201d Murphy said.<\/p>\n
Policy, 54, didn\u2019t focus much on his own plans during the shareholders meeting, which instead pretty much served as a testimonial for Murphy.<\/p>\n
There were plenty of shouts of \u201cThank you, Mark,\u201d among the 6,529 shareholders in the Lambeau Field stands. On a hot afternoon, many shareholders tried to cool themselves off by waving fans that featured Murphy\u2019s face. A tribute video included messages from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former commissioner Paul Tagliabue among others.<\/p>\n
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Mark Murphy signs autographs for fans after walking off the practice field on his final day as the Green Bay Packers’ president\/CEO, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. Credit: AP\/Steve Megargee<\/p>\n
Murphy signed autographs and greeted fans after the Packers\u2019 Friday morning practice and again after the shareholders meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little bittersweet,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cObviously, I\u2019m a very appreciative and I also feel honored, too, that the fans have been so supportive of me and the organization. But (I\u2019m) really excited too for the future of the organization and for Ed in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Packers say Murphy, who played defensive back for Washington from 1977-84, is believed to be the only person to earn a Super Bowl ring both as a player and as a team\u2019s chief executive. He was on Washington\u2019s 1982 championship team.<\/p>\n
His stint as Green Bay\u2019s president\/CEO included the construction of Titletown, a 45-acre development adjacent to Lambeau Field that features shops, restaurants and apartments.<\/p>\n
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New Green Bay Packers president\/CEO Ed Policy greets fans after the NFL football team’s annual shareholders meeting, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. Credit: AP\/Steve Megargee<\/p>\n
He capped his tenure earlier this year by welcoming the NFL Draft to Green Bay, an event that drew an announced three-day total attendance of 600,000. Murphy also presided over multiple renovations to Lambeau Field, including the opening of a new home locker room this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been tremendous for us,\u201d wide receiver Jayden Reed said. \u201cI thanked him today, knowing this was his last day here, so I went up to him and I thanked him for everything. Without him, we wouldn\u2019t be standing in this locker room right now. He\u2019s been a tremendous help to all of us, very supportive. He gets this thing done. I appreciate him for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Murphy said he hopes to stay involved in the game and noted that he\u2019s talked to Goodell about things he\u2019d like to do on a league level. He also mentioned spending more time with his family and increasing his involvement in his charity work and in the golf course he owns at Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n
The Packers\u2019 board of directors unanimously selected Policy as Murphy\u2019s replacement after a search committee recommended him last year. Policy, the son of former San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns president, joined the Packers as vice president and general counsel in August 2012 and was promoted to chief operating officer in January 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank you, our owners, for investing so much in me over the past 13 years,\u201d Policy told the shareholders. \u201cIt\u2019s been really special, and I intend to pay it back with results both on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
Packers coach Matt LaFleur, general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president\/director of player operations Russ Ball report to the president\/CEO under the team\u2019s leadership structure. All three of them have two years remaining on their contracts.<\/p>\n
Policy said earlier this year he has no plans to extend those contracts before this season, though he praised all three men and noted his long working relationships with them.<\/p>\n
\u201c(I\u2019m) certainly going to miss Mark and everything that he\u2019s done for this place, but feel like we\u2019re in great hands with a guy like Ed Policy,\u201d LaFleur said.<\/p>\n
Murphy was asked what advice he had for Policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one thing I told him is he\u2019s got to be himself,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen him grow quite a bit as a leader. The search ended up with him. They did a great job. There\u2019s no question he\u2019s positioned and ready to have success.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe and I have talked about it. Don\u2019t be afraid to change things. Follow your instincts. He\u2019s got really good business sense. Hopefully we put him in a position where he can have success not only in the short term but the long term of the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
NOTES: LaFleur said OL Aaron Banks is \u201cday to day\u201d with a back issue. \u2026 Rookie WR Savion Williams didn\u2019t practice Friday due to a concussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2014 Ed Policy began his tenure as the Green Bay Packers\u2019 president\/CEO by paying tribute…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[41907,11963,54,7,41,345,2514,2513,6,428,252,2309],"class_list":{"0":"post-236613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-audio_enabled","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-green-bay","13":"tag-green-bay-packers","14":"tag-greenbay","15":"tag-greenbaypackers","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-packers","18":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","19":"tag-wires-bot"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114917364574585789","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}