Amy Trask

Who is Amy Trask?

Amy Jeanne Trask is the former CEO of the Oakland Raiders, hired in 1997. Trask was commonly referred to as the "Princess of Darkness" by the Raider faithful.

Trask grew up in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles and graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1982 with a degree in political science. She became a fan of the Oakland Raiders while attending Berkeley and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After graduating from Berkeley, Trask enrolled at the USC Gould School of Law in 1982, the same year the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles. In 1983, Trask interned at the Los Angeles Raiders legal department. Trask was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1985. Trask began her legal career at a law firm in Los Angeles and re-joined the Raiders in 1987. Trask resigned as the Oakland Raiders CEO on May 11, 2013.