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NFL’s Arizona Cardinals Retain Hanold Associates for Chief People Officer Search

CHICAGO (Nov. 19, 2020) ― The Arizona Cardinals Football Club, the oldest continuously run professional football franchise in the nation, has retained Hanold Associates for its Chief People Officer search. Jason Hanold, Keri Gavin and Katrina Prospero are leading the search for this role based in the greater Phoenix area.

The Chief People Officer for the Arizona Cardinals will oversee all HR operations throughout the company, establishing and delivering a strategy that creates a world-class environment for the organization’s 150 core employees and 36 part-time cheerleaders. Reporting directly to the team owner and president, Michael Bidwill, this leader will provide an essential perspective on the people aspects of the business and contribute to the overall strategy of the organization.

The Arizona Cardinals are one of the National Football League’s 32 teams that compete each year to win the Super Bowl, the world’s biggest annual sporting event. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the Cardinals play at the impressive State Farm Stadium, which hosts 63,400 fans each game. The team has won five division titles, the most recent being in 2015. During the 2008-2009 NFL season, the team won the NFC Championship en route to an appearance at Super Bowl XLIII. With a 5-0 record, the Arizona Cardinals are the only NFL team that has not lost a playoff game at its home stadium.