Editing Portland Trail Blazers (section)

== Front office ==
[[File:Paul Allen speaks at the Allen Institute for Brain Science 10th Anniversary gala.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Microsoft]] co-founder and [[Vulcan Inc.]] chairman [[Paul Allen]] owned the Trail Blazers from 1988 until his death in 2018.]]
{{Main|List of Portland Trail Blazers executives}}
The team from 1988 until 2018 was owned by [[Microsoft]] co-founder [[Paul Allen]]; ownership of the Trail Blazers is currently via a series of holding companies which Allen owned. [[Vulcan Inc.]] is a private corporation in which currently Allen's sister [[Jody Allen]] as head of Paul Allen's estate is the chairman and sole shareholder. A subsidiary of Vulcan, [[Vulcan Sports and Entertainment]] (VSE), manages Allen's sports-related properties, including the Trail Blazers, the [[Seattle Seahawks]] [[National Football League|NFL]] team, [[Seattle Sounders FC]] of [[Major League Soccer|MLS]], and the Moda Center. In the fall of 2012, [[Peter McLoughlin]] was named CEO of Vulcan Sports and Entertainment.

The Trail Blazers as a corporate entity are owned by VSE. Jody Allen as head of estate serves as the team's chairman, and her longtime associate [[Bert Kolde]] is vice-chairman. The position of president and chief executive officer is held by Chris McGowan,<ref name="front_office">{{Cite web |title=Front Office |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/contact/front_office.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622064328/http://www.nba.com/blazers/contact/front_office.html |archive-date=June 22, 2013 |access-date=July 12, 2013 |website=[[NBA.com]]}}</ref> with [[Larry Miller (sports executive)|Larry Miller]] having held the job until resigning in July 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2012 |title=Blazers prez Larry Miller resigns |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/8138679/portland-trail-blazers-president-larry-miller-resigns-5-years |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708081804/http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8138679/portland-trail-blazers-president-larry-miller-resigns-5-years |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |access-date=July 7, 2012 |website=NBA |publisher=ESPN.com |agency=ESPN.com news services}}</ref> The post of chief operating officer is vacant; the most recent COO of the team was [[Mike Golub]], who resigned in July 2008 to take a more enhanced role with VSE.<ref name="golub">{{Cite web |title=Trail Blazers New Hires and Promotions |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_New_Hires_and_Pr-191813-1218.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116122942/http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_New_Hires_and_Pr-191813-1218.html |archive-date=January 16, 2008 |access-date=November 7, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers website |publisher=Portland Trail Blazers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 15, 2008 |title=Golub resigns from Trail Blazers |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=txtrailblazersgolub&prov=st&type=lgns |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714013245/http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=txtrailblazersgolub&prov=st&type=lgns |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |access-date=July 17, 2008 |work=Yahoo! Sports}}</ref> [[Kevin Pritchard]] served as general manager of the Trail Blazers until he was fired on June 24, 2010. The announcement was issued by the Blazers' head office just an hour before the beginning of the [[2010 NBA draft]].<ref name="pritchardsacked">{{Cite news |last=Quick |first=Jason |date=June 24, 2010 |title=Kevin Pritchard fired as Trail Blazers general manager |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/06/kevin_pritchard_fired_as_trail.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626055748/http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/06/kevin_pritchard_fired_as_trail.html |archive-date=June 26, 2010 |access-date=April 20, 2013 |work=[[The Oregonian]] ([[OregonLive.com]])}}</ref><ref name="miller">{{Cite web |title=Trail Blazers name Larry Miller president |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_Name_Larry_Mille-229303-1218.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008224031/http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_Name_Larry_Mille-229303-1218.html |archive-date=October 8, 2007 |access-date=November 5, 2007 |website=Portland Trail Blazers Official Website |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref> A month later, the Blazers named [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] assistant general manager [[Rich Cho]] as their new general manager.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Trail Blazers name Cho General Manager |date=July 19, 2010 |publisher=Portland Trail Blazers |url=http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/itemId/1607/Default.aspx |access-date=July 19, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722043358/http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/itemId/1607/Default.aspx |archive-date=July 22, 2010}}</ref> Cho was fired less than a year later, and director of college scouting Chad Buchanan served as interim general manager for the entire 2011–12 season. In June 2012, the Trail Blazers hired [[Neil Olshey]] as general manager.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Neil Olshey Named Trail Blazers General Manager |date=June 5, 2012 |publisher=Portland Trail Blazers |url=http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/itemId/3131/Default.aspx |access-date=June 5, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606010412/http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/itemId/3131/Default.aspx |archive-date=June 6, 2012}}</ref>

Before Allen purchased the team in 1988, the Trail Blazers were owned by a group of investors headed by [[Larry Weinberg]], who is chairman emeritus.<ref name="front_office" />