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Not content to sit on the sidelines during a week chock full of Super Bowl news, the Green Bay Packers announced a plan to replace current CEO Mark Murphy who announced his retirement plans.
Mark Murphy assumed the role of Green Bay Packers CEO back in 2007 and in an update on the team’s website, it was announced he’d retire in July 2025 following his 70th birthday. According to the team’s press release, 70-years-old is the mandatory retirement age of the Packers’ organizational by-laws.
Knowing full well Murphy’s 70th birthday was in the near future, the Green Bay Packers was able to build out a robust plan to search for and fill their soon-to-be-vacation CEO position. The Board of Directors formed a new Packers CEO search committee which is chaired by by Susan Finco who is currently the Packers’ executive committee vice president and lead director. The committee’s vice chair is Dan Ariens who is executive committee secretary and chair of the personnel and compensation committee.
The Green Bay Packers are an organization who have maintained unmatched stability over the years from the front office to key playmakers on the field. For all intents and purposes, they are the NFL’s poster child of stability.
The newly-formed committee is working with Korn Ferry who also assisted the organization in hiring Mark Murphy back in 2007 as he succeeded Bob Harlan.
A rep for Korn Ferry said “we have a long and positive history with the Green Bay Packers and are pleased to be working with the search committee to identify their next leader of this unique and storied franchise. We take pride in having more than 50 years of experience working with the NFL and its teams.”
The committee’s search for the next Green Bay Packers CEO is expected to take between 6 to 9 months. It will conclude with a vote from the organization’s Board of Directors followed by a period where the future Packers CEO will work alongside Mark Murphy prior to his retirement to learn the ins and outs of the role.
Why all of this is interesting compared to other organizational hires in the NFL is the Green Bay Packers are publicly-owned non-profit organization whereas every other NFL team has a private owner. In the case of the Packers, the CEO represents the public shareholders and the team’s best interests and doesn’t necessarily act unilaterally as is the case with a Jerry Jones x Dallas Cowboys situation.