Family: Wife, Gail; five children: Dr. James F. Policy, pediatric orthopedic surgeon practice and adjunct professor at Stanford Medical School; Daniel A. Policy, attorney and business consultant; Edward R. Policy, Green Bay Packers president and CEO; Kerry Policy Groth, works in hospitality and special events in the wine industry; and Kathleen Marie Policy, attorney; eight grandchildren (five grandsons and three granddaughters)
Education: Youngstown State University (1963); Georgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctorate (1966); Georgetown Law Center Board of Visitors, emeritus member; UCSF Foundation, lifetime director; California Academy of Sciences, trustee emeriti
1966
Passes bar exam; bar association membership in Virginia, Ohio and District of Columbia
1979
Joins San Francisco 49ers as outside counsel and adviser to Edward DeBartolo Jr.
1982
49ers win Super Bowl XVI
Named 49ers vice president and general legal counsel
1990-1998
Member of NFL Finance Committee
1991
Named 49ers chief executive
1994-1995
Named by Pro Football Weekly as NFL Executive of the Year
Named by The Sporting News as NFL Executive of the Year and among the Most Influential People in Professional Sports
Named by GQ among the Most Influential People in Professional Sports
1995
49ers win fifth Super Bowl under Policy
Accepts the Silver Cable Car Award from the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau for progress in business for the city
Receives San Francisco Mayor’s Fiscal Advisory Committee Award
Part of special committee to negotiate a lease at Hollywood Park for the Raiders to remain in Los Angeles
NFL expansion committee member for the Carolina Panthers
NFL expansion committee member for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1998-2004
Cleveland Browns, president and CEO
1998
Receives 10% ownership stake in the Browns, with the remaining held by majority owner Al Lerner
2001
Endows the Carmen and Gail Policy Clinical Fellowship, in support of civil rights, at Georgetown University Law Center
2002
NFL expansion committee member for the Houston Texans
2003
Member of the league’s “L.A. working group,” along with owners Dan Rooney of the Steelers, Bob Kraft (Patriots), Wayne Huizenga (Dolphins) and Jerry Richardson (Panthers)
Sells 10% stake in the Browns to Lerner family
2004
Establishes winery Casa Piena in Napa Valley
2008-2012
San Francisco 49ers, consultant (stadium project)
2015
Selected as director of Carson Holdings LLC, for a football stadium planned by the Chargers and Raiders
Accepts the John Carroll Award from Georgetown University for accomplishments and services as an alumnus
2017
Inducted into Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
