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
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
, 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
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.
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
Grandfather clause is a legal term used to describe a situation in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations, while a new rule will apply to all future situations. It is often used as a verb: to grandfather means to grant such an exemption...
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
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Directors Emeriti
- Robert C. Gallagher
- Daniel C. Beisel
- Terry J. Bogart
- John E. Broeren
- Robert G. Bush
- Arthur T. Chermak
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Defensive End - Richard Dougherty
- Warren H. Dunn
- Michael B. Gage
- Dr. Donald F. Harden
- Rosemary Hinkfuss
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, 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.
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, past president - Herman J. Reckelberg
- Leo J. Scherer
- Paul J. Schierl
- Donald J. Schneider
- Bud SeligBud SeligAllan 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...
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- James A. Temp
- Edward A. Thompson
- John R. Underwood