Carmen Policy currently resides in St. Helena California with his wife Gail where they are actively involved in the operation of their boutique winery founded in 2004 and bearing the name Casa Piena. Prior to returning to California, he served as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland Browns NFL Franchise from 1998-2004. He also was a minority owner of the team until selling his interest to the majority owner in 2004.

Policy earned a reputation as one of the preeminent executives in professional sport during his 17 years as Pres./CEO, Exec.VP and VP/General Counsel of the San Francisco 49ers (1981-1998). Both The Sporting News and Pro Football Weekly named him NFL Executive of the Year in 1994, the latter award having been determined by a vote of NFL owners and executives. The Sporting News and GQ Magazine have also named him as one of the most influential people in professional sports. Policy played a role in all five of the 49ers’ Super Bowl winning teams and helped shape the course for a 49ers organization that became widely viewed as the hallmark sports franchise of the 1980s and 1990s. He was also extremely active in terms of his involvement with the NFL League Office, having consistently been selected to serve on many critical and demanding committees over a 20 year period.

An ardent believer in public service, Policy formerly served for several years on the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and has maintained a high level of civic and charitable involvement in the communities in which he lived and worked. Those efforts earned him numerous honors, including the prestigious Silver Cable Car Award from the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau for contributions to the development of the city’s business community. He also received the San Francisco Mayor’s Fiscal Advisory Committee Award in recognition of his managerial experience. He presently serves on the Georgetown Law Center’s Board of Visitors and the UCSF Foundation Board of Trustees. Until recently he served on the Board of the California Academy of Sciences and had the privilege of doing so from the start of the construction of its magnificent new building until 3 years after it opened. Policy was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 2017 Class.

Policy is a 1963 graduate of Youngstown State University, which honored him as Alumnus of the Year in 1997. He earned his Juris Doctorate Degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966. He received the University’s John Carroll Award which is the highest honor bestowed upon an alumnus. While he was practicing law, he was listed in all of the existing editions of the highly respected publication, The Best Lawyers in America. Inclusion in the publication is a significant honor since it is based on peer evaluation. Policy and his wife, Gail, have personally designed and endowed the Carmen and Gail Policy Clinical Fellowship at the Georgetown University Law Center which promotes advocacy in the area of civil rights.