Sandra Douglass Morgan speaks throughout a information convention asserting her as the brand new president of the Las Vegas Raiders NFL soccer group Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Las Vegas.
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Sandra Douglass Morgan speaks throughout a information convention asserting her as the brand new president of the Las Vegas Raiders NFL soccer group Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Las Vegas.
John Locher/AP
The NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders have employed the primary Black feminine group president within the league’s historical past.
Sandra Douglass Morgan, a Las Vegas native, shouldn’t be new to firsts. She was the primary Black metropolis legal professional in Nevada, when she served for the Metropolis of North Las Vegas, and he or she was the primary particular person of colour named chair of the Nevada Gaming Management Board, the group mentioned Thursday.
She can also be an impartial director at Allegiant Airways, Caesars Leisure and Constancy Nationwide Monetary, Inc.
“It’s the honor of a lifetime to affix the Raiders at some of the defining occasions within the group’s historical past,” Morgan mentioned. “This group’s arrival in Las Vegas has created a brand new vitality and alternatives we by no means dreamed doable. I look ahead to taking this group’s integrity, spirit and dedication to excellence on the sphere into each side of this group.”
Morgan is a graduate of Eldorado Excessive College; the College of Nevada, Reno; and the College of Nevada, Las Vegas.
“The Las Vegas connection was not a standards, however it was one thing that was on the optimistic aspect of the ledger,” group proprietor Mark Davis mentioned. “Clearly, anyone that is aware of this neighborhood, is aware of the individuals in it I believe is essential for us to proceed to construct out basis in Las Vegas.”
The rent of Morgan comes lower than a 12 months after Jon Gruden was dismissed as head coach of the group. In October 2021, a league investigation into the Washington Soccer Group analyzing office misconduct uncovered emails Gruden had despatched years earlier that confirmed he used racist, misogynistic, and homophobic slurs.
Davis mentioned the seek for a brand new president took 10 months.
Morgan mentioned whereas she has skilled many firsts all through her profession, she by no means desires to be the final particular person breaking boundaries.
“I need to get to a degree, clearly, the place there isn’t any extra firsts,” she mentioned. “If I may very well be an inspiration, or assist, or open doorways for every other lady and lady on the market, then that is an unimaginable accomplishment for me.”
