Packers announce player personnel promotions
Milt Hendrickson, John Wojciechowski, Richmond Williams and many more long time Gutekunst lieutenants have earned new titles.
By PackerAaron
The Packers announced promotions in the player personnel department.
Milt Hendrickson is entering his 22nd season in the NFL and eighth with the Packers. After seven seasons as the director – football operations, he has been promoted to vice president of player personnel. Hendrickson, whose first NFL experience came as a training-camp intern for Green Bay in 2004, worked in the personnel department of the Baltimore Ravens (2005-18). During his time in Baltimore, Hendrickson was a player personnel assistant in 2005, worked primarily with the pro personnel staff in 2006-07, was promoted to Midwest area scout after the 2008 NFL Draft, was named mid-regional scout following the 2013 NFL Draft and was promoted to national scout after the 2016 NFL Draft. Prior to joining the Ravens, Hendrickson was a coach in high school and college. In 2026, he represented the Packers at the NFL’s Coach and Front Office Accelerator.
John Wojciechowski (woh-jih-cow-skee), who is entering his 31st season in the NFL and his 14th with the Packers, has been promoted to director – football operations after working as the co-director of player personnel for the past eight seasons. He also was the director of pro personnel (2017) and a college scout (2012-16) for the Packers. Prior to joining Green Bay, Wojciechowski was a college scout for the Dallas Cowboys (2003-11) and Jacksonville Jaguars (1998-2002) following two seasons as a player personnel assistant with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1996-97).
Richmond Williams, who is entering his 19th season with the Packers, has been promoted to director of player personnel after five years as director of pro personnel. Williams spent two seasons as a pro scout (2017-18) and five seasons as a college scout (2012-16) for the Packers. He also served as the team’s National Football Scouting representative to the annual NFL Scouting Combine and authored evaluations of all prospective seniors in the Southwest region. From 2022-24, he represented the Packers at the NFL’s Coach and Front Office Accelerator.
Lee Gissendaner, who is in his 26th season overall with the Packers, adds director of pro scouting to his title after working as a senior player personnel executive for the past four years. Gissendaner previously worked as a player personnel executive for Green Bay from 2018-21. He spent three seasons as a national scout for the New York Jets (2015-17). Gissendaner originally joined Green Bay in 1998 as the team’s representative in the National Scouting Service. In 2001, he was promoted to area scout, a position he worked in for the Packers for 14 years. In 2022, he was selected to represent the Packers at the Stanford-NFL League of Leaders executive education program.
Matt Malaspina (mal-eh-SPEEN-ah), who enters his 28th NFL season and his 10th with the Packers, has been promoted to senior player personnel executive. After being hired as a college scout in 2017, he has worked as the director of college scouting since 2018. Malaspina joined Green Bay after spending 12 seasons (2005-16) with the San Francisco 49ers. He was an area scout for the Seattle Seahawks from 2000-04 and for the Carolina Panthers in 1999. Malaspina also spent time with National Football Scouting in 1998.
Pat Moore has been promoted to director of college scouting after working as the assistant director of college scouting (2021-25) and a college scout (2018-20) for the Packers. He joined Green Bay after spending five seasons as a scout for the Cleveland Browns. Prior to his stint in Cleveland, he was on the coaching staff at Fordham University for five seasons, serving as assistant head coach/offensive line (2010-11), defensive coordinator (2009) and linebackers/special teams coach (2007-08). Moore also held collegiate coaching positions at Louisiana Tech (2005-06), Auburn (2002-04), Western Carolina (2000-01) and at his alma mater, Illinois Wesleyan (1997).
Sam Seale, who heads into his 32nd season scouting for the Packers, has been promoted to senior national scout after eight years as a national scout. He has also worked as the West regional scout (2012-17) and college scout (1995-2011) for Green Bay. The former 10-year NFL veteran was recognized as the NFC Scout of the Year at the Fritz Pollard Alliance Meeting, which took place during the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine.
Luke Benuska (ben-OO-ska), who is in his 11th season with the Packers, has been promoted to national scout after working as a college scout for the past eight seasons (2018-25). He originally joined Green Bay as a scouting intern in the personnel department during the 2016 season and served as a pro scout for the Packers in 2017. Prior to his time with Green Bay, Benuska worked in the football recruiting office at his alma mater, TCU.
Mike Owen, who is entering his 15th season with the club, has been promoted to assistant director of pro scouting after working as a national scout last season. He came to Green Bay in 2012 and worked as a college scout until 2025. Prior to joining Green Bay, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Riverhead (N.Y.) High School, where he coached tight ends and helped with linebackers. Owen was a four-year letterman (2006-09) at Syracuse University, where he played tight end, defensive end and linebacker and was elected as a team captain as a senior.
Player Personnel Staff
Brian Gutekunst - General Manager
Milt Hendrickson - Vice President of Player Personnel
John Wojciechowski - Director – Football Operations
Richmond Williams - Director of Player Personnel
Lee Gissendaner - Senior Player Personnel Executive/Director of Pro Scouting
Matt Malaspina - Senior Player Personnel Executive
Pat Moore - Director of College Scouting
Sam Seale - Senior National Scout
Luke Benuska - National Scout
Quandon Christian - College Scout
Sam Fleming - Pro Scout
Joe Hueber - College Scout
Connor Koch - College Scout
Sean Linton - College Scout
Mike Owen - Assistant Director of Pro Scouting
Will Redmond - College Scout
Brett Thiesen - College Scout
Autumn Thomas-Beenenga - Pro Personnel Manager
Daric Whipple - College Scout
Dan Zegers - Scouting Coordinator
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Comments (3)
Southern Girl Packer
May 19, 2026 at 12:21 pm
Congratulations especially to Richmond Williams and the front office crew!
Alberta_Packer
May 19, 2026 at 01:39 pm
So basically with the vacancy at the top with the departure of Jon-Erik Sullivan - everyone moves up one rung. That's a good organizational move. Internal promotions can boost morale and aid retention.
If Richmond Williams does as good a job as Director of Player Personnel - as he did with Pro Scouting - he will attract increased attention from other Teams.
Prediction - this will be Milt Hendrickson's last year with the Packers. He is definitely ready for the GM position (if he chooses).
I liked Sam Seale being awarded the Scout Emeritus position - "Senior National Scout."
Certainly the Packers are top heavy in experience - with many of the scouts having decades of experience. I wonder how the standard evaluation rubric now dovetails with the recent science of analytics.
Thegreatreynoldo
May 21, 2026 at 01:33 am
"Certainly the Packers are top heavy in experience...."
Jon-Eric Sullivan only took one scout with him, Pro Scout Venzell Boulware. I never heard of Boulware, not particularly, until he left. I could not find an article about Boulaware in the Phinsider or Dophins wire, so the hiring of Boulware did not get much attention. Typically, a scout's contract runs until after the draft for obvious reasons, but despite not getting a higher job title in Miami (Boulware has the same title with the Dolphins), the Packers let him walk. GB might have let him go because Boulware is from southern Florida, and IIRC played with the Miami Hurricanes as an offensive lineman.
I do think going to Miami is a great opportunity for a scout because the roster is so limited that drafted players and UDFAs are going to at least get on the field early, and probably as rookies. Miami took massive (6'7" and 352 pounds at the combine) Kaydyn Proctor with the 12th pick in the first round. Proctor was a LT for Alabama. That is right up Boulware's alley. Proctor is not a zone guy and was the 4th tackle in CHTV's draft guide. The Dolphins also selected OG DJ Campbell in the 6th round (200th pick). Our draft guide listed Campbell as the 23rd best OG and Draftek ranked Campbell as the 197th best prospect.
The bottom line is that one of Gute's inner circle guys left and took a low level scout with him. All those remaining went up a notch, and the Packers will probably sign another Pro Scout to replace Boulware after the draft. It means that the Packers probably are not going to try to pilfer a highly-thought-of guy from another franchise to replace Sullivan. I don't know, maybe there is no one out there who is suitable to replace Sullivan.