The Packers named COO & General Counsel ED POLICY Chair, President & CEO. He will formally assume the position in July 2025 when MARK MURPHY officially retires from the role. Murphy will continue to lead the Packers over the next 13 months and will work with Policy during a transition period that will include the upcoming season and culminate in July 2025. Policy will remain in his COO role until that time (Packers).
The USOPC named Utah AD
MARK HARLAN and USC AD
JENNIFER COHEN to its Collegiate Advisory Council. Harlan and Cohen will replace Ohio State AD
GENE SMITH and former Penn State AD
SANDY BARBOUR on the council. Smith and Barbour were founding members of the council and completed their terms (
DESERET NEWS, 6/21).
Wasserman Dir/Insights SHELBY HIGHSTEIN is stepping away from the company after over 10 years (SBJ).
The Bears named Chargers Senior Coordinator/Football Communications DANNY MARKINO Manager/Football Communications (Bears).
The Univ. of North Carolina women’s basketball team named Tulane Assistant Dir/Creative Services KAYLA DAVIS Dir/Creative Content (SBJ).
The city of Pecos, Texas and the Sports Facilities Companies named THOMAS WARD Cyclone Ballparks GM (SFC).
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