Randolph Lerner, Esq., 42, began his career at the Progressive Corporation as an investment analyst. In 1991, he started an independent investment firm with Progress capital called Securities Advisors, Inc. (SAI) which he owned and managed until 2001. SAI initially specialized in arbitrage and over time shifted its focus to equity investing.

In 1993, Mr. Lerner, became a Director of MBNA Corporation. His chairmanship followed the death of his father in October 2002. Also following the death of his father, he became the owner of The Cleveland Browns Football Club.

Mr. Lerner is a graduate of Columbia College 1980-4, and spent 1983 at Clare College, Cambridge, England. Also, he is a graduate of Columbia Law School and a member of the New York State and District of Columbia Bars.

Mr. Lerner has been a Trustee of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City since 1996, has been a Trustee of the Corcoran Museum in Washington D.C. and served also as Chairman of The New York Academy of Arts from 1998-2003. Within the NFL, Mr. Lerner serves as a member of the Business Ventures Committee.

John Collins assumed the role of President & Chief Executive Officer on May 1, 2004. He oversees all aspects of the organization and works with Owner Randy Lerner in the development, strategic planning and implementation of organizational goals and initiatives. Collins also works with Lerner in representing the Browns in National Football League matters.

In 2005, Collins worked with Lerner on the search for a new General Manager and Head Coach which yielded Phil Savage and Romeo Crennel. He has also reshaped the front office by assembling and overseeing an executive staff that drives the Browns business and brand development. In addition, he plays an active role in the Cleveland Browns Foundation and all of the team's charitable endeavors.

From draft day to training camp, to game day and beyond, Collins' creative vision and business acumen, coupled with his passion for the team's rich tradition, is the driving force behind the Browns' wide-ranging, yearly events calendar, the purpose of which is to deliver unique access for Browns fans worldwide.

Prior to joining the Browns, Collins spent 15 years in a variety of key business roles with the National Football League, beginning with NFL Films and most recently as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales. In that role, Collins led a renewed brand and consumer focus that further evolved the NFL's position as one of the world's most visible and successful brands. He oversaw all the marketing, corporate sponsorship and advertising sales functions of the NFL and was a key member of the team that launched the NFL Network, the most successful introduction in cable television history.

Collins has received numerous honors in recognition of his achievements. He was selected one of the top 20 sports advertising executives in 2004 by the Sports Business Journal and was selected by Advertising Age Magazine as one of America's top 50 marketers in 2003.

Before the NFL, Collins was in account management with DDB Needham Worldwide (New York) for six years during the 1980s.

A New York City native, he attended C.W. Post College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Collins and his wife, Christina, have three children: Jackson, Ryan and Sean.

Phil Savage joined the Browns as Senior Vice President and General Manager on Jan. 6, 2005. Savage spent the last nine seasons with the Baltimore Ravens organization, including the last two (2003-04) as the Ravens' Director of Player Personnel, and is known throughout the NFL as one of the league's top talent evaluators. Savage, a 14-year veteran of the NFL, worked directly with Baltimore general manager Ozzie Newsome to oversee both college and pro scouting.

Savage was named the Ravens' player personnel director in 2003. In addition to his responsibilities of scouting collegiate players around the country, Savage was involved in many of the day-to-day operations of the team and also negotiated contracts of late-round draft picks.

In his nine years with the Ravens organization, Savage has seen the franchise earn a 72-71-1 regular season record during that span, including three post-season appearances with a 5-2 record, and the highlight - winning Super Bowl XXXV over the N.Y. Giants in 2000 after a 12-4 record.

At the 2004 NFL draft, despite not having a first-round draft choice, the Ravens were commended around the league for a successful draft. Savage and the scouting department, under the direction of Ozzie Newsome, selected seven players in the NFL draft. With their first selection, 51st overall, the Ravens' personnel staff selected Oregon State's DT Dwan Edwards. In the 3rd round, the Ravens' picked WR Devard Darling (Washington State). LB Roderick Green (Central Missouri State) was the team's fifth-round choice, and was followed by QB Josh Harris (Bowling Green) and WR Clarence Moore (Northern Arizona), both in the sixth round. Baltimore closed out the draft by selecting seventh-rounders WR Derek Abney (Kentucky) and G Brian Rimpf (East Carolina).

Since 1996, the Ravens have drafted 10 pro bowlers: T Jonathan Ogden (D1a, 1996), LB Ray Lewis (D1b, 1996), WR/PR Jermaine Lewis (D5, 1996), LB Peter Boulware (D1, 1997), DB Chris McAlister (D1, 1999), RB Jamal Lewis (D1a, 2000), LB Adalius Thomas (D6, 2000), TE Todd Heap (D1, 2001), S Ed Reed (D1, 2002) and LB Terrell Suggs (D1a, 2003). Other major contributors include LB Jamie Sharper (D2a, 1997), C Jeff Mitchell (D5, 1997), DB Duane Starks (D1, 1998), G Edwin Mulitalo (D4b, 1999), WR Travis Taylor (D1b, 2000), DB Gary Baxter (D2, 2001), LB Edgerton Hartwell (D4, 2001), DE Tony Weaver (D2, 2002), P Dave Zastudil (D4, 2002), TE Terry Jones (D5, 2002), S Chad Williams (D6c, 2002), and QB Kyle Boller (D1b, 2003).

Savage spent the first seven years of his career in the coaching ranks. In 1987, he joined Bill Curry's staff at the University of Alabama as a graduate assistant. In 1988-89, he coached the TE's before following highly-respected offensive coordinator Homer Smith to UCLA in a similar capacity. After one season under head coach Terry Donohue, Savage was hired as RBs/TEs coach for the San Antonio Riders of the World League.

One month passed before the Cleveland Browns called and Savage left for Cleveland to become part of Bill Belichick's first coaching staff in the spring of 1991. For the next three seasons, Savage worked under then-defensive coordinator Nick Saban (now head coach of the Miami Dolphins). During that time, Savage assisted with the DBs, analyzed opponent tapes, compiled scouting reports and in his first exposure to scouting, conducted campus workouts in preparation for the college draft.

In 1994, Savage moved to the player personnel side of the business full-time as an area scout on the West Coast and was elevated to national scout for the 1995 season. When the franchise moved to Baltimore in 1996, he became the Director of College Scouting, a post he held for seven years before being promoted to Director of Player Personnel prior to the 2003 NFL Draft.

During the offseason, Savage enjoys working on two football-related projects, Camp Savage and Take-A-Knee Ministry. In the summer of '04, he conducted his 14th annual skills camp for high school QBs and WRs in his hometown of Mobile, Ala. Over 1,000 athletes have participated in the camps, and many of them have continued their playing careers at the collegiate level, including three who were drafted into the NFL: Tee Martin (Tennessee) and Leonardo Carson (Auburn) in 2000 and Eddie Freeman (University of Alabama-Birmingham) in 2002. Three years ago, Phil and his brother, Joe, a pastor in Lakeland, Fla., assembled a combined football camp and mission trip to Cancun, Mexico. Seven Ravens' players, coaches and scouts traveled to Quintana Roo spoke in several local elementary schools and worked with the Ninos Mexicanos football players.

Through the Take-A-Knee Ministry program, Phil has shared his Christian testimony with over 50 audiences around the country since the Ravens' won Super Bowl XXXV in January 2001. More information about Camp Savage, Take-A-Knee Ministry and Phil's monthly commentary can be found at www.philsavagefootball.com.

Savage prepped at Murphy (Mobile, Ala.) High School before playing football and baseball at the University of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.). He earned a B.A. in English and was a three-time All-Conference shortstop in baseball. He received a Master's degree in physical education from the University of Alabama in 1989.

Phil is married to his wife, Dorothy, an accomplished theatrical actress. Savage was born April 7, 1965 in Mobile, Ala.

Douglas C. Jacobs is responsible for all financial, tax, budgeting, and treasury matters for the team's football and stadium operations. He is also Treasurer and a board member of the Cleveland Browns Foundation.

Prior to joining the Browns in 1999, Jacobs' most recent position was executive vice president of Gucci Timepieces after serving as Cleveland office managing partner during a 33-year career with Arthur Andersen LLP.

Jacobs, after serving two years as an officer in the U.S. Navy, began his career with Arthur Andersen in the Cleveland office in 1963 and was admitted to partnership in 1972. He became managing partner in 1977 and served in that capacity until relocating to the southern California office, where he was managing partner from 1978 until his retirement from the firm in 1996.

An active leader in civic and professional affairs, Jacobs formerly served as president of Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland, Inc., and as a councilman in Kirtland, Ohio. In southern California, he served as chairman of Pacific Legal Foundation; president of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Orange County; vice chairman-finance of the Orange County Performing Arts Center and treasurer of the Bowers Museum Foundation.

He serves on the Board of Directors and is Chairman of the Audit Committee of Standard Pacific Corporation, a national residential home builder in southern California and is a member of the Board of Directors of Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Ohio and Kentucky.

Jacobs, a certified public accountant, holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University and a B.S. degree from Miami (Ohio) University. Jacobs and his wife, Georgia, reside in Moreland Hills, Ohio. The couple has three sons. Doug Jacobs II is a computer design specialist in southern California; Brett Jacobs is a computer programmer for Juniper Financial in Wilmington, Delaware; and Greg Jacobs is a professional baseball player in the Seattle Mariners' organization.

Lewis C. Merletti is responsible for all stadium operations and directing the design and deployment of security for the entire Cleveland Browns operation, including the owners, coaches, players, Cleveland Browns Stadium, and the team's Berea training facility and offices.

A 25-year veteran of the United States Secret Service, Merletti served as the agency's 19th Director immediately prior to joining the Browns organization. Before becoming Director, Merletti served as Assistant Director in the Office of Training, where he was responsible for the curriculum, methodology, and content of training for all Secret Service employees. He served in the Presidential Protective Division under three Presidents, Reagan, Bush and Clinton, and as special agent in charge of presidential protection during the Clinton Administration, was ultimately responsible for the physical security of the President and First Family. Merletti has also held supervisory positions in the New York Field Office, the Baltimore Office and the Liaison Division and Office of Inspection at the United States Secret Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. He joined the agency in 1974 as a special agent assigned to the Philadelphia Field Office.

Merletti has extensive experience with complex criminal investigations, major task force operations, and Secret Service counter-terrorist operations. He testified before Congress on many occasions, and also briefed the President, other top government officials, and world leaders, on a regular basis regarding security as it relates to worldwide situations. He has supervised security arrangements for the visit of the President and First Family to hostile environments such as the DMZ; Cartajena, Colombia; Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield; Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Merletti received numerous commendations and awards for outstanding performance during his government career, including three Secret Service Special Achievement Awards, and the 1997 Rank of Distinguished Executive in the Senior Executive Service. In 2000, the Secret Service dedicated the largest building at their training facility as the Lewis C. Merletti Classroom for the Office of Training.

Since retirement, Merletti has received the following awards: the 1999 Distinguished Alumnus Award of the McNulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts at Duquesne University; the 1999 Distinguished Service Award from the Marine Corp Law Enforcement Foundation; and the 2001 Lex et Justitia Award from Marquette University for Outstanding Service to Our Country and Dedication to Truth and Justice.

Merletti served three years in the United States Army, including a tour of duty with the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam. Among the citations he earned were the Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Medical Badge, and Parachute Jump Wings. Merletti, 56, holds a B.A. degree in political science from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and is now a resident of Cleveland, Ohio.