Ed Policy, an attorney with significant sports experience, is in his first year as the Green Bay Packers’ vice president and general counsel.
Policy, who started with the Packers Aug. 1, 2012, has an extensive background that includes work in professional football with the Arena Football League and NFL, and legal experience with sports facility construction and commercial real estate.
“We are excited to have Ed Policy become a member of the Green Bay Packers,” Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy said in announcing Policy’s hiring. “The NFL is an increasingly complex business with many legal aspects, and Ed’s impressive skills and diverse experience will be very valuable to the Packers. He’s a great addition to our senior staff and will allow us to continue to build upon our success."
In addition to directing the corporation’s legal affairs, Policy has a leadership role in the organization’s development efforts in the area surrounding Lambeau Field and represents the Packers at the NFL level on legal matters. He also oversees the club’s community outreach, human resources, public affairs and security departments.
Policy’s professional sports experience includes nine years (2001-09) with the Arena Football League, including a period (2008-09) in which he served as commissioner, president and CEO. He also served as deputy commissioner and president (2006-08), chief operating officer (2004-06) and executive vice president-strategic league development and legal affairs (2001-04). During his tenure with the league, he oversaw all business and operations of the AFL, including strategic development, legal affairs, sales, finance, marketing, broadcasting, digital media, football operations, labor relations, events and human resources.
Policy also served as an executive consultant with the NFL (2009-2010), a position in which he advised and assisted NFL senior management in strategic and development matters and also worked with senior executives on special projects within various business areas.
Before joining the Packers, the 41-year-old Policy served as president of a fully funded startup company that is developing a sports media and entertainment property. He had served in that role since September 2010.
Earlier in his professional career, Policy practiced law at Thompson Hine LLP in Cleveland (1999-2001), where his work included sports facility construction and commercial real estate, and also at Heller Ehrman in San Francisco (1994-99). He is a member of the state bars of California and Ohio, and a member of the Sports Lawyers Association. He is a three-time recipient of the SportsBusiness Journal’s Forty Under 40 Award in recognition of his achievements in sports business, and a member of the Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame.
A Midwestern native, Policy was born Oct. 6, 1970, and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. He earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in accounting with an emphasis in finance from the University of Notre Dame in 1993 and a law degree from Stanford University in 1996. He and his wife, Christy, have two sons, Carmen, 4, and Luke, 1.
Ed Policy, an attorney with significant sports experience, is in his first year as the Green Bay Packers’ vice president and general counsel.
Policy, who started with the Packers Aug. 1, 2012, has an extensive background that includes work in professional football with the Arena Football League and NFL, and legal experience with sports facility construction and commercial real estate.
“We are excited to have Ed Policy become a member of the Green Bay Packers,” Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy said in announcing Policy’s hiring. “The NFL is an increasingly complex business with many legal aspects, and Ed’s impressive skills and diverse experience will be very valuable to the Packers. He’s a great addition to our senior staff and will allow us to continue to build upon our success."
In addition to directing the corporation’s legal affairs, Policy has a leadership role in the organization’s development efforts in the area surrounding Lambeau Field and represents the Packers at the NFL level on legal matters. He also oversees the club’s community outreach, human resources, public affairs and security departments.
Policy’s professional sports experience includes nine years (2001-09) with the Arena Football League, including a period (2008-09) in which he served as commissioner, president and CEO. He also served as deputy commissioner and president (2006-08), chief operating officer (2004-06) and executive vice president-strategic league development and legal affairs (2001-04). During his tenure with the league, he oversaw all business and operations of the AFL, including strategic development, legal affairs, sales, finance, marketing, broadcasting, digital media, football operations, labor relations, events and human resources.
Policy also served as an executive consultant with the NFL (2009-2010), a position in which he advised and assisted NFL senior management in strategic and development matters and also worked with senior executives on special projects within various business areas.
Before joining the Packers, the 41-year-old Policy served as president of a fully funded startup company that is developing a sports media and entertainment property. He had served in that role since September 2010.
Earlier in his professional career, Policy practiced law at Thompson Hine LLP in Cleveland (1999-2001), where his work included sports facility construction and commercial real estate, and also at Heller Ehrman in San Francisco (1994-99). He is a member of the state bars of California and Ohio, and a member of the Sports Lawyers Association. He is a three-time recipient of the SportsBusiness Journal’s Forty Under 40 Award in recognition of his achievements in sports business, and a member of the Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame.
A Midwestern native, Policy was born Oct. 6, 1970, and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. He earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in accounting with an emphasis in finance from the University of Notre Dame in 1993 and a law degree from Stanford University in 1996. He and his wife, Christy, have two sons, Carmen, 4, and Luke, 1.
