Amy Trask (Born April 21, 1961) is an American sports executive, author, and lawyer from

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. She is the former

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of the

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. Trask has also been referred to as the "Princess of Darkness" by Raiders fans.

Education

Trask grew up in the Brentwood district of

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and graduated from

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in 1982 with a B.A. degree in

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. She became a fan of the

while attending Berkeley and was a member of

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. After graduating from Berkeley, Trask received a J.D. from the

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. She began law school in 1982, the same year the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles.

Career with the Raiders

In 1983, Trask interned at the Los Angeles Raiders legal department. Trask was admitted to the

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in 1985. Trask began her legal career at a law firm in Los Angeles and rejoined the Raiders in 1987. Trask was appointed Chief Executive of the Raiders in 1997. She resigned from the Raiders on May 11, 2013. After her resignation, Trask was referred to as the “glue” that held the organization together.

Today

Since 2013, Trask has served as an analyst for

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and

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, appearing regularly on ''That Other Pregame Show'' and periodically on ''

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''. Trask is one of the original group of panelists appearing on the first-ever all-women's sports talk show, ''We Need To Talk'' on CBS Sports Network. Trask has also written a book titled ''You Negotiate Like a Girl'' on her experience as an executive in the NFL. As of 2022, Trask also serves as Chairman of the Board of

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, a 3-on-3

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league. Trask served as CEO of Big3 during its inaugural season that began in June 2017. Trask received a 2017 WISE Woman of the Year Award awarded by Women in Sports and Events (WISE), a 2018 Campanile Excellence in Achievement Award awarded by the UC Berkeley Foundation and the Cal Alumni Association (University of California at Berkeley), and a 2020 Top Women in Media Award awarded by Cynopsis Media. In 2019, as part of the National Football League's commemoration of its 100-year anniversary, Trask was named as one of the top 100 Greatest Game Changers in NFL history.

References

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