Sandra Douglass Morgan
From gaming oversight to the Raiders
A North Las Vegas city attorney and gaming regulator who became the first Black woman president of an NFL team in 2022.
A legal career in the valley
A 2003 UNLV law graduate, Morgan served as North Las Vegas city attorney and on the Nevada Gaming Commission before Steve Sisolak appointed her to lead the Control Board. She was the first Black woman to hold that chairmanship. [1]
Regulation and a new sports city
Her Board tenure included work on cashless wagering and casino responses to COVID-19. In 2022 she became president of the Las Vegas Raiders. UNLV’s interview records that transition in her own words. [2] [1]
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A Rebel Becomes a Raider: Sandra Douglass Morgan
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Quarterly Report — January 2025
Historical chair roster on printed page 5. “Current” in this document means January 2025, not today.
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