List of Portland Trail Blazers executives

This is a list of Portland Trail Blazers executives, since the team's foundation in 1970.

Paul Allen owned the Trail Blazers until his death in 2018.

Ownership

Year	Principal Owner	Others	Notes
1970–1975	Herman Sarkowsky[1][2]	Robert Schmertz (1970–1972)[3] Larry Weinberg[1]	Plus other minority owners
1975–1988	Larry Weinberg[1][4]		Plus other minority owners
1988–2018	Paul Allen[4]	Vice-chair Bert Kolde[5]	through Vulcan Sports and Entertainment

Executive management

Year	Team President	Executive VP/COO	Notes
1970–1975	Herman Sarkowsky
1975–1987	Larry Weinberg	Harry Glickman
1987–1994	Harry Glickman[6]
1994–1995	Bob Whitsitt/Marshall Glickman[7][8]
1995–2000	Bob Whitsitt[9][10]
2000–2001	Bob Whitsitt	Harry Hutt[11][12][13]
2001–2003	Bob Whitsitt	Erin Hubert[13][14]
2003–2006	Steve Patterson[15][16][17]
2006–2007	Steve Patterson	Mike Golub[18]
2007	Tod Leiweke (interim)[17]	Mike Golub
2007–2008	Larry Miller[19]	Mike Golub[20]
2008–2012	Larry Miller	Sarah Mensah
2012–present	Chris McGowan[21]

Basketball operations

Years	General Manager	VP of Basketball Ops	Assistant GM	Director of Player Personnel	Notes
1970–1981	Harry Glickman[6]	–	–	Stu Inman[22][23]
1981–1986	Stu Inman[22]	–	–	–
1986–1989	Jon Spoelstra[24][25]	–	Bucky Buckwalter[26]	–
1989–1990	–	Bucky Buckwalter[26]	–	Brad Greenberg[27]
1990–1994	Geoff Petrie[28]	Bucky Buckwalter	–	Brad Greenberg	Buckwalter won NBA Executive of the Year in 1991
1994–1995	Bob Whitsitt[9][10]	Bucky Buckwalter	–	Brad Greenberg
1995–1996	Bob Whitsitt	Bucky Buckwalter	Jim Paxson[29]	–
1996–1998	Bob Whitsitt	–	Jim Paxson	–
1998–2003	Bob Whitsitt	–	Mark Warkentien[30]	–
2003–2004	John Nash[16][31]	–	–	Mark Warkentein[30]
2004–2006	John Nash	–	–	Kevin Pritchard[32]
2006–2007	Steve Patterson[16]	–	Kevin Pritchard	–
2007	Tod Leiweke (interim)[17]	–	Kevin Pritchard	–
2007–2010	Kevin Pritchard[33]	–	Tom Penn	–
2010–2011	Rich Cho[34]	–	–	–
2011–2012	Chad Buchanan (interim)[35]	–	–	–
2012–2021	Neil Olshey[36]	–	–	–