Ed Policy

Edward Regis "Ed" Policy[2] (born October 6, 1970) is an American football executive and the current Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for the Green Bay Packers.[3][4] Previously, Policy was the Commissioner of the Arena Football League.[5]

Ed Policy
Personal information
Born: (1970-10-06) October 6, 1970[1]
Youngstown, Ohio[1]
Career information
High school:Cardinal Mooney High School
College:
Career history
As an executive:

Early life and education

Policy was born in Youngstown, Ohio to San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns executive Carmen Policy, and Gail Policy.[6][1] Policy attended the Holy Family grade school and played youth football for the Poland Bulldogs. He attended and graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio. He played from 1985–1988 seasons as an offensive guard and linebacker. In 1987 Policy's team won the Ohio state high school football championship.

Policy earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Notre Dame, and went on to graduate from Stanford Law School in 1996.[7]

Career

Early career

Policy worked for the law firm Heller Ehrman in San Francisco and then the Cleveland-based Thompson Hine LLP, where he worked on sports facility construction.[7]

Arena Football League

Policy began working for the Arena Football League in 2001, eventually briefly becoming Commissioner of the league when he took over on an interim basis for Commissioner C. David Baker, who stepped down two days before the 2008 ArenaBowl.[8][9] Because the league subsequently shut down for the 2009 season, with the initial corporate organization filing for bankruptcy, the only actual AFL game contested during Policy's tenure as commissioner was the 2008 ArenaBowl (ArenaBowl XXII).[10]

National Football League

Beginning in 2009 Policy worked as a consultant for the National Football League, but left prior to the 2011 NFL lockout.[7]

Green Bay Packers

In 2012 the Green Bay Packers hired Policy to serve as Vice President and general counsel.[11] He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer and general counsel in January 2018. The Packers said in a statement that Policy would, “take on a greater role in overseeing the business operations of the organization…"[12][13] Since being named COO, Policy has overseen the development of the Packers' Titletown District.[14][15][16]

In February 2020, amid rumors that Green Bay was successful in their bid to host the 2022 NFL Draft, Policy said that the NFL had not awarded the rights to host the draft to Green Bay or any other city, but that the Packers would, "aggressively pursue the opportunity."[17][18] Green Bay was eventually awarded the right to host the 2025 NFL Draft, which Policy stated would be the largest event Green Bay ever hosted.[19]

Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed that he signed a contract extension with the club in the months following the 2021 season, for which he publicly expressed gratitude toward Policy (and others key executives in the organization) for the opportunity to remain in Green Bay.[20]

References
  1. Hubbell, Martindale (April 2000). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2000: Volume 14 - North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma. Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561603763.
  2. Christina Less and Edward Policy
  3. Rich Ryman (19 July 2018). "NFL protests: Packers shareholder invites President Donald Trump to annual meeting". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  4. "Packers with Microsoft announce TitletownTech operational details". Packers.com. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. Adkins, Adam (December 15, 2008). "Arena Football League Suspends 2009 Season". Tampa Tribune. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  6. Charean Williams (17 January 2018). "Ed Policy named Packers' COO". Pro Football Talk. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. Ann Killion (11 November 2013). "For the Love of The Game: Lawyers in Sports". Stanford Lawyer. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  8. Wilner, Barry (July 25, 2008). "Arena Football Commissioner Baker Resigns". USA Today.
  9. Mark Viera (15 December 2008). "Arena League Focuses on Options for Return". New York Times. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  10. "AFL cancels 2009 season". ESPN.com. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  11. Mike Florio (24 July 2012). "Packers make Ed Policy V.P. and general counsel". Pro Football Talk. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  12. Jason Wilde (18 January 2018). "Packers: Team president Mark Murphy promotes Ed Policy on business side". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  13. Richard Ryman (17 January 2018). "Packers promote Ed Policy to oversee more of business operations". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  14. Jeffrey Steele (30 January 2019). "Green Bay Packers Moving On Game Plan For Titletown Phase 2". Forbes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  15. Jeff Bollier (19 September 2018). "TitletownTech names Craig Dickman managing director of Packers, Microsoft innovation hub". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  16. "Titletown District to include 4-to-5-story residential, office buildings". Fox 11 News. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  17. "Packers pursue hosting NFL draft, but no decision yet on 2022". Green Bay Press Gazette. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  18. "Packers say they haven't been awarded 2022 draft, yet". NBC ProFootballTalk. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  19. "Region expects big boom from NFL Draft". Door County Daily News. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  20. Dennis Krause (27 July 2022). "'Ready to roll': Green Bay Packers open Training Camp". Spectrum News. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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