Green Bay Packers Board of Directors
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The Green Bay Packers Board of Directors is the organization that serves as the owner of record for the Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

 football club. The Packers have been a publicly owned, non-profit corporation since August 18, 1923. The corporation currently has 111,921 stockholders, who collectively own 4,749,925 shares of stock. There have been four stock sales, in 1923, 1935, 1950 and 1997. Shares in 1923 sold for $5 apiece, while in 1997 the shares were issued at $200 each.

The National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

, of which the Packers are a member, does not allow corporate membership, and instead requires clubs to be wholly owned either by a single owner, or small group of owners, and requires that at least one owner owns a 1/3 stake in the team. The Packers are granted an exemption
Grandfather clause
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 to this rule, as they have been a publicly owned corporation since before the rule was in place.

The corporation is governed by a seven-member Executive Committee, elected from a board of directors. The committee directs corporate management, approves major capital expenditures, establishes board policy and monitors management's performance in conducting the business and affairs of the corporation.

The elected president of the executive committee, currently Mark H. Murphy, represents the corporation at the NFL owners meetings and other league functions. The president is the only officer who receives compensation. The balance of the committee is sitting gratis.

Current Executive Committee

  • Mark H. Murphy, President, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  • Peter M. Platten, III, Vice President
  • Carl W. Kuehne, Secretary
  • Larry L. Weyers, Treasurer
  • John F. Bergstrom, Member
  • Daniel T.Ariens, Member
  • Edward N. Martin, Member

Board of directors

  • Justin M. Tobias
  • Daniel T. Ariens
  • Thomas D. Arndt
  • John F. Bergstrom
  • Troy M. Sugrue
  • Ave M. Bie
  • Robert C. Buchanan
  • Richard J. Chernick
  • James M. Christensen
  • Virgis W. Colbert
  • Casey Cuene
  • John H. Dickens
  • John J. Fabry
  • Andrew E. Farah
  • Susan M. Finco
  • Beverly L. French
  • Terrence R. Fulwiler
  • George F. Hartmann
  • Philip J. Hendrickson
  • George F. Kerwin
  • John C. Koeppler
  • William F. Kress
  • Carl W. Kuehne
  • Thomas J. Lutsey Jr.
  • John N. MacDonough
  • Yusuf G. Mangera
  • Edward N. Martin
  • Michael J. McClone
  • Mark J. McMullen
  • John C. Meng
  • Mark H. Murphy
  • Thomas M. Olejniczak
  • Thomas L. Olson
  • Bryce E. Paup
    Bryce Paup
    Bryce Eric Paup is a former American football defensive end and linebacker, who played professionally for the Green Bay Packers , the Buffalo Bills , the Jacksonville Jaguars , and the Minnesota Vikings .-Biography:Paup grew up on a farm in Scranton, Iowa, where he played football at Scranton...

  • Peter M. Platten III
  • Michael R. Reese
  • Pat Richter
    Pat Richter
    Hugh Vernon Richter is the former University of Wisconsin–Madison athletic director and American football player. He was responsible for hiring Barry Alvarez from Notre Dame in 1990 as head football coach, restoring the Badgers football program to national prominence.-Playing career:Richter was...

  • Gary M. Rotherham
  • Diane L. Roundy
  • Michael D. Simmer
  • Mark D. Skogen
  • K.C. Stock
  • Stephanie A. Streeter
    Stephanie Streeter
    Stephanie Streeter is interim Chief Executive Officer of the United States Olympic Committee.She has been on the U.S. Olympic Committee board since May 2004, and was involved in supporting the teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games, and has been on the board of the group bidding to...

  • Mike L. Weller
  • Larry L. Weyers
  • Michael A. Wier
  • Hon. Donald R. Zuidmulder

  • Directors Emeriti

    • Robert C. Gallagher
    • Daniel C. Beisel
    • Terry J. Bogart
    • John E. Broeren
    • Robert G. Bush
    • Arthur T. Chermak
    • Willie D. Davis, Hall of Fame
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       Defensive End
    • Richard Dougherty
    • Warren H. Dunn
    • Michael B. Gage
    • Dr. Donald F. Harden
    • Rosemary Hinkfuss
    • Robert E. Harlan
      Bob Harlan
      Robert E. "Bob" Harlan is the former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Green Bay Packers, an American professional football team. He is a graduate of Marquette University, where he was the Sports Information Director for many years...

      , past president
    • James F. Kress
    • Bernard S. Kubale
    • C. Patricia LaViolette
    • Theodore M. Leicht
    • Donald J. Long Sr.
    • Dr. Thomas A. Manion
    • Stewart C. Mills Jr.
    • Hon. Robert J. Parins
      Robert J. Parins
      Judge Robert J. Parins was the president of the Green Bay Packers, an American professional football team, from 1982 to 1989. He is currently a reserve judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in District 7....

      , past president
    • Herman J. Reckelberg
    • Leo J. Scherer
    • Paul J. Schierl
    • Donald J. Schneider
    • Bud Selig
      Bud Selig
      Allan Huber "Bud" Selig is the ninth and current Commissioner of Major League Baseball, having served in that capacity since 1992 as the acting commissioner, and as the official commissioner since 1998...

      , Commissioner of Major League Baseball
      Baseball
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    • George J. Stathas
    • James A. Temp
    • Edward A. Thompson
    • John R. Underwood
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