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John Keim, ESPN Staff Writer
ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Commanders’ revamped energy construction added yet one more key factor Tuesday when the crew employed Mark Clouse as its new president.
Clouse, who has served because the president and CEO of The Campbell’s Company since 2019, fills the spot final crammed by Jason Wright, who shall be leaving the group after the season.
Wright was employed as crew president in August 2020 amid points plaguing the group stemming from a number of allegations of sexual harassment throughout then-owner Dan Snyder’s reign. Wright stepped down as crew president in July and have become a senior adviser.
Clouse, who will formally begin on the finish of January, would be the president of enterprise operations and reply on to majority proprietor Josh Harris. He is not going to be concerned within the soccer operations, in line with a supply. General supervisor Adam Peters is the highest soccer individual within the group and in addition solutions on to Harris.
Clouse graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point — the place he performed basketball — and served for 6½ as a helicopter pilot. He rose to the rank of captain.
Clouse entered the enterprise world in 1996 with Kraft Foods. He started his tenure as Campbell’s CEO in January 2019. During Clouse’s tenure, Campbell’s has partnered with NFL groups, together with Washington, in addition to with the Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment — which is run partly by Josh Harris.
According to a crew supply, Clouse’s management expertise and his popularity as a “tradition builder” had been huge components in his hiring.
“He has a confirmed capacity to strengthen each the organizations he leads and the communities he serves,” Harris mentioned in an announcement. “I’m assured in Mark’s dedication to constructing a championship-caliber group and to help soccer operations in our drive for excellence on the sphere.”
Harris additionally known as Clouse a dynamic chief.
“The nice differentiator for fulfillment in life is management,” Clouse informed Franklin & Marshall College college students final 12 months. “I like to hunt out experiences that problem me. I love to do issues that make me a little bit uncomfortable and that put me in positions the place I used to be studying — the place I used to be making an attempt one thing that I won’t have been nice at.”
The transfer is the final main one wanted since Harris’ group bought the crew in July 2023. Since that point, the Commanders have new leaders on the most outstanding positions: Peters, coach Dan Quinn and now Clouse. They even have a rookie quarterback in Jayden Daniels, who may very well be the long-term reply on the place, one thing the group has sought for many years.
These adjustments, plus an 8-5 document, have rejuvenated a fan base that had grown exhausted by the dropping beneath Snyder in addition to by a number of investigations into his and the group’s habits.
