NFL Alumni selects ex-Giant Reese as next CEO

Former NFL defensive back and broadcaster Beasley Reece will take the helm as the CEO of the Mount Laurel-based NFL Alumni, the organization announced.Former NFL defensive back and broadcaster Beasley Reece will take the helm as the CEO of the Mount Laurel-based NFL Alumni, the organization announced.

Reece previously sat on the NFL Alumni Executive Board of Directors and will succeed Elvis Gooden, who joined the association in 2013 as the chief financial officer, later becoming CEO.

NFL Alumni provides medical, financial and social programs to former NFL players, coaches, staffers, cheerleaders, associate members and their spouses.

“We thank Elvis for his dedicated years of service to our retired players and appreciate his contributions to our national office,” the NFLA board of directors said in a statement. “We look forward to continued success under Beasley Reece who is very familiar with our NFLA on both a local and national level.”

After leaving the Dallas Cowboys in 1976, Reese played for the New York Giants from 1977-1983 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1983-1984.

He was a network analyst on NFL games for NBC and CBS and also worked as a local sports anchor, earning a spot in the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 2012.