With responsibilities that include serving as the team’s official spokesman, overseeing all internal and external communications and being the primary liaison between the club and national and local media, Vice President of Communications Greg Bensel enters his 13th season with the Saints.

Bensel was promoted to his current position after serving for nine seasons as director of media & public relations. In addition to managing his staff, his duties include working with the NFL’s network media partners, media operations for home and away games and planning the long-range public relations initiatives for the club.

Bensel has also worked on the NFL public relations staffs for Super Bowl XXXII, XXXIII and XXXVI.

Prior to joining the Saints, Bensel was director of media relations for the Super Bowl XXXI Host Committee and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation. He has also served on the media committee for the NCAA Men's Final Four, the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament and the Sugar Bowl.

A New Orleans native who graduated from Jesuit High School and Tulane, Bensel started his professional career as a media relations administrator for the Professional Golfers Association in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He served on the public relations staff for the 1991 PGA Championship, the 1991 Senior PGA Championship and the 1991 Ryder Cup.

Bensel and his wife, Jane, reside in New Orleans and have a daughter, Kate, and a son, Nelson.