Green Bay Packers announce search committee tasked with hiring next CEO

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – With Mark Murphy’s impending retirement in 2025, the Green Bay Packers announced on Wednesday details of the search process for the organization’s next CEO.

Murphy, who is the current Packers President and CEO, will formally retire in July 2025 when he turns 70, which is the mandatory retirement age for the position as required by organizational by-laws.

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Susan Finco has been announced as the chairperson for the search committee of the Packers Board of Directors, and Dan Ariens will be the vice chair. Finco is the Packers executive committee vice president and lead director, and Ariens is the executive committee secretary and chair of the personnel and compensation committee.

Officials also noted that the search committee is working with Korn Ferry. The Packers have previously worked with the national search firm, including in the search that led to Murphy as the recommended candidate to succeed Bob Harlan in 2007.

“Mark’s contributions to the organization have been tremendous,” Finco said. “From updating the corporate leadership structure to growing and diversifying revenue to increasing the meaningful impact of the Packers in the community, Mark continues to position the Packers for success. We look forward to his insightful leadership in the next year and a half.”

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In addition to Finco and Ariens, the search committee is composed of:

• Mike Simmer

  • Treasurer, executive committee

• DJ Long

  • Executive committee, personnel and compensation committee

• Marcia Anderson

  • Executive committee

• Karl Schmidt

  • Executive committee

• Michael Barber

  • Packers Foundation chair

• Jeff Joerres

  • Investment committee chair

• Eddie Garcia

  • Former player, board member at-large

• Robyn Davis

  • Board member at-large

• Mike Daniels

  • Board member at-large

“Our search committee takes this responsibility very seriously as our new leader will shape the Packers’ future,” Ariens said. “We have been preparing the past several months for this important process, which will be comprehensive and align with NFL rules and requirements, and are pleased to be able to work with Jed Hughes and his team at Korn Ferry.”

After six to nine months of work by the search committee, it will present its recommended candidate to the board of directors for a vote. The transition to the new President and CEO will then include a period of working alongside Murphy.

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Mark Murphy has been the President and CEO of the Packers since 2007.

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