Amy Trask
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Born | April 21, 1961 |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) University of Southern California (JD) |
Occupation(s) | Sports Executive, Lawyer, Host on CBS Sports Network, Author |
Known for | Former CEO of the Oakland Raiders |
Spouse | Robert C. Trask[1][2] |
Amy Trask[3][4][5] (Born April 21, 1961) is an American sports executive, author, and lawyer from California. She is the former CEO of the Oakland Raiders.[6] Trask has also been referred to as the "Princess of Darkness" by Raiders fans.[3]
Education[edit]
Trask grew up in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles and graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1982 with a B.A. degree in political science. She became a fan of the Oakland Raiders while attending Berkeley and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[3] After graduating from Berkeley, Trask received a J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She began law school in 1982, the same year the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles.
Career with the Raiders[edit]
In 1983, Trask interned at the Los Angeles Raiders legal department.[7] Trask was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1985.[8] Trask began her legal career at a law firm in Los Angeles and rejoined the Raiders in 1987.[7] Trask was appointed Chief Executive of the Raiders in 1997. She resigned from the Raiders on May 11, 2013.[9] After her resignation, Trask was referred to as the “glue” that held the organization together.[10]
Today[edit]
Since 2013, Trask has served as an analyst for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network, appearing regularly on That Other Pregame Show and periodically on The NFL Today.[11] 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.[12]
As of 2022, Trask also serves as Chairman of the Board of Big3, a 3-on-3 professional basketball league.[13] Trask served as CEO of Big3 during its inaugural season that began in June 2017.[14]
Trask received a 2017 WISE Woman of the Year Award awarded by Women in Sports and Events (WISE),[15] a 2018 Campanile Excellence in Achievement Award awarded by the UC Berkeley Foundation and the Cal Alumni Association (University of California at Berkeley),[16] and a 2020 Top Women in Media Award awarded by Cynopsis Media.[17] 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.[18]
References[edit]
- ^ Raiders' Amy Trask driven like Davis
- ^ "Robert Charles Trask # 118377 - Attorney Licensee Search".
- ^ a b c Gloster, Rob (December 8, 2010). "NFL's Most Powerful Woman Seeks Stadium Cure for Oakland Raiders Blackouts". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ^ Hubbell, Martindale (June 2004). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: California (Volume 2, A-R, 2004). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561606009.
- ^ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (California, 1986-2008)
- ^ "Catching Up With Raiders Chief Executive Amy Trask". Sports Business Daily.
- ^ a b Smith, Michelle (January 4, 2001). "Football's Fabulous Female Executive". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ^ "Amy Jeanne Trask - #121589". State Bar of California. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ^ Hanzus, Dan. "Amy Trask Resigns as CEO of Oakland Raiders". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
- ^ "Kawakami: Amy Trask was Raiders glue". The Mercury News. 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ^ "Amy Trask". sdwomensweek.com. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Mullen, Liz. "Trask Reveals Book Title". sportsbusinessdaily.com. Sports Business Journal. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ "Jeff Kwatinetz Exits The Firm To Focus On Big3". Deadline.com. 26 October 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ "BIG3 Names Respected Sports Industry Executive Amy Trask CEO". big3.com. April 11, 2017. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^ (WISE), Women in Sports and Events. "WISE Announces 2017 WISE Women of the Year Award Recipients". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "Achievement Awards | Berkeley Awards". awards.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "Cynopsis Top Women in Media Awards - Nominate before May 5th".
- ^ "'NFL 100 Greatest' Game Changers: Amy Trask". NFL.com.
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American women in business
- Oakland Raiders executives
- Lawyers from Los Angeles
- UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni
- USC Gould School of Law alumni
- Businesspeople from Los Angeles
- Women in American professional sports management
- American women lawyers
- California lawyers
- People from Brentwood, Los Angeles
- Women National Football League executives
- 21st-century American women