Ariens CEO elected to Packers board

The Green Bay Packers Board of Directors elected Dan Ariens to the organization’s Executive Committee at Tuesday’s quarterly meeting.

Ariens, president and CEO of the Ariens Company, has been a member of the Board since 2005. He replaces Bob Gallagher, who has reached age 70, the mandatory retirement age under the Packers’ bylaws.

“We’re delighted to bring Dan Ariens onto the Executive Committee,” Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy said in announcing the addition. “Dan has served the organization well on the Board and as the chair of the marketing committee. He has a very successful background in business and also has served in a variety of roles in the community. We look forward to his continued contributions to the success of the Packers.”

The Packers’ Executive Committee, elected from the team’s Board of Directors, directs corporate management, approves major capital expenditures, establishes broad policy and monitors management’s performance in conducting the business and affairs of the corporation.

Ariens, 49, was named president and CEO of the Ariens Co., a leading manufacturer of outdoor power equipment for both consumer and commercial use, in 1998. The company was established in 1933 in Brillion, where it remains headquartered.

Originally elected to the Packers Board of Directors in July 2005, Ariens serves as chair of the Board of Directors’ marketing committee. He earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Thomas (Minn.) in 1981 and also has studied at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Active in the community, Ariens has served on a number of community boards and professional associations, including the Weidner Center Presents, Children’s Hospital–Fox Valley, Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Wisconsin Economic Development Advisory Board, Milwaukee School of Engineering and New North.