UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander nominated to Green Bay Packers Board of Directors
Exciting news was announced today for UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander. Alexander and WBAY anchor and longtime Packers game-day announcer Bill Jartz, have been nominated to become part of the Green Bay Packers Board of Directors. The Annual Meeting for the Green Bay Packers will be held on Monday, July 22, 2024.
According to packers.com, “The Packers will present two candidates for shareholder vote at the Annual Meeting to join the Packers Board of Directors: Michael Alexander and Bill Jartz. The candidate information will be included in proxy information being sent in June to more than 539,000 shareholders in advance of the Annual Meeting. The two candidates were presented to the organization’s Board of Directors at its meeting this month.
Alexander is the chancellor of UW-Green Bay, a role he has served in since 2020, overseeing enrollment growth of 17.4% at the institution. Jartz is a television news anchor for WBAY-TV, having started in the business more than 40 years ago. A Clintonville native, Jartz also has served as public address announcer at Lambeau Field during Packers home games since 2005.
‘We’re excited to present two nominees for a vote of our shareholders,’ said Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy. ‘Michael’s leadership at UW-Green Bay has enhanced the university’s role as a community resource and his perspective will be a valuable addition to the Board. Bill has shared his talents with our community for decades as a newscaster and on gamedays at Lambeau Field and we are looking forward to having his voice on our Board, as well. Bill’s experience playing football at Northwestern University will also be helpful to us.'”
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