1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,599 Speaker 1: Welcome back to She Pivots. I'm Sandra Douglas Morgan. 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 2: Welcome to she Pivots, the podcast where we talk with 3 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 2: women who dared to pivot out of one career and 4 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 2: into something new and explore how their personal lives impacted 5 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 2: these decisions. I'm your host, Emily Tish Sussman. If there's 6 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: one thing you should know about me, it's that I 7 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 2: am a die hard football fan, more specifically a Giants fan. 8 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 2: But since the Giants aren't going to the Super Bowl 9 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: this year, I had the chance to do the next 10 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: best thing interview the most important woman of this year's 11 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: Super Bowl. President of the Last Vegas Raiders, Sandra Douglas Morgan. 12 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: A lifelong Las Vegas resident, Sandra has built a reputation 13 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 2: for herself as someone who can get things done difficult situations. 14 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 2: She served as the Deputy City Attorney of North Las 15 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: Vegas when the recession hit, served as the chair of 16 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 2: the Nevada Gaming Board during the height of the COVID 17 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 2: nineteen pandemic, and is now the first black female president 18 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: of an NFL team. And they just moved the team 19 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 2: from its original city in Oakland, California, all while planning. 20 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 3: For the Super Bowl. To say this woman. 21 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 2: Is ready to pivot on a dime is no exaggeration. 22 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 2: So as we get ready for the Super Bowl this 23 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: coming Sunday, I hope you enjoy this conversation from the 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 2: woman that is making it all happen. 25 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 3: Enjoy. 26 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: My name is Sandra Douglas Morgan and I am the 27 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: president of the Las Vegas Raiders. 28 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 3: So you've basically been in Las Vegas your whole life. 29 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I grew up here. My mother worked at 30 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: different casinos when I was growing up. My father was 31 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: a military veteran and worked in the post office and 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: things like that, so both working class. My mother worked. 33 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: She she worked swaying shift. She would work maybe from 34 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: two to mid nine or two to one am, depending 35 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: and so you know, by the time then she would 36 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: be home, my father would be home and then would 37 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: get up around six. So someone was always home with us. 38 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: And at the time I remember thinking, oh my gosh, 39 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: someone is always home, especially as a teenager, but now 40 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: it was you know, those were sacrifices that they made 41 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: to make sure that we were staying on staying on 42 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: the right track. 43 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: You've talked a lot about the influence that your mother 44 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: had on you and your sister and the perspective that 45 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: growing up with her as an immigrant has shaped. Can 46 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 2: you talk a little bit more about that. 47 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: I mean, she would just impressed upon us the importance 48 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 1: of hard work, not believing that anything's going to be 49 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: given to you. Also very cautious, make sure that people 50 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: around you have your best interest in hand, not to 51 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: let people take advantage of you. And I think her 52 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: her journey here in the US, and just me being 53 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: able to see as a young child how people treated her, 54 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: just the way they speak to her, just because of 55 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: her having an accent, assuming maybe that she doesn't understand 56 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: even though she does, just because she doesn't, you know, 57 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: speak the same way that they do. I think a 58 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: little bit of that created a you know, not to 59 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: make sure someone takes advantage of you, and to make 60 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: sure that you're strong, you're educated, that you speak up 61 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: for yourself, very clear, clear thoughts of right and wrong. 62 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: I think, of justice and making sure that people have 63 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: equal opportunities, and that is all. Some of it obviously 64 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: was direct, but some of it was just listening to stories, 65 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: you know, around dinner time and just listening to her 66 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: and my father talk about different opportunities or different ways 67 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: in the ways that they were treated as well. 68 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 2: It's clear her parents did their best to provide Sandra 69 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 2: and her sister with the best childhood possible, but it 70 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 2: wasn't always easy. Her parents are an inner racial couple, 71 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: her mom Korean American and her dad black. Sandra often 72 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: faced comments and challenges. 73 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: I remember going to the grocery store with my mother 74 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: and yelling, mom, like running down the aisle. I was 75 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,839 Speaker 1: a little more rambunctious than my sister, and people would 76 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: look and say, you know, that's your mother, or they 77 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: would say to her, that's your daughter. That's just you know, 78 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: first of all, I think it's a little tacky, right, 79 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: but now realizing that I'm looking at her saying, why 80 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: are they questioning that? So just understanding how people see race, 81 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: how people treat people differently in different social strata, and 82 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: just for me, it helped me realize everyone's human. You 83 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: never know what someone's background is. You don't treat people 84 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: differently because they have an accent, and you don't judge 85 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: people based on who they love and who they decide 86 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: to have children with and what their children look like. 87 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: So it's I think those are just kind of life lessons, 88 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: And honestly, my friend group was incredibly diverse growing up 89 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: as well, I think because we grew up near the 90 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: military base and just having people from different states and 91 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: different communities. So all of that helped mold me to 92 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: obviously who I am. 93 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 2: When I was there, one of the things that I 94 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,239 Speaker 2: thought was kind of interesting, like as a tourist going through, 95 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 2: was that it was kind of a lot of like 96 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 2: it felt like buildings of gaming of years past. Like 97 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 2: maybe they weren't in the greatest upkeep, but I mean, 98 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 2: you've lived in Nevada your whole life and then ended 99 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 2: up not just working but like leading the industry and 100 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: in the gaming industry. How did you see like the 101 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: evolution of the industry throughout your life and like how 102 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 2: did it impact your perspective? 103 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: Ela, This is so funny that you've brought up like 104 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: the kind of just even your short time there, just 105 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: noticing how they gaming buildings and the kind of infrastructure 106 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: was a little bit different from Las Vegas. But yeah, 107 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: I'm kind of growing up in the environment of knowing 108 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: you know, Las Vegas is constantly growing and attracting different people, 109 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: and that's why so many people are now moving here, 110 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: I went from four hundred thousand people when I was 111 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: growing up to about two point five now in the county. 112 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: And obviously just with the evolution of gaming, greater businesses, 113 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: obviously sports, it's been an incredible time. But to even 114 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: in my college years and when I came out from 115 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: law school, when I was going to law school here 116 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: at U and LB, they didn't want to be branded 117 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: as like a gaming law school, right. They wanted to 118 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: just wanted students from all over the country, all the 119 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: world to come here and know they could get a 120 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 1: world class legal education. And then I think about maybe 121 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: ten fifteen years in, they leaned in and was like, 122 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: why are we Why don't we just offer an LLLM 123 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: and gaming law? This is what we do. This is 124 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: where you know, obviously the knowledge hub is. So it's 125 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: funny how people want to say, no, I'm more than 126 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: that instead of just kind of leaning into to what 127 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: they know best. So I think I've been able to 128 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: see that evolution here in Las Vegas, and I love it. 129 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: I'm so I'm just really genuinely proud of the city 130 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: and we're we've been so business friendly and really encourage 131 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: other types of industries to grow here, and that's why 132 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: I think you're seeing the success that we have now. 133 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 1: But to grow up here, we really came to the 134 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: strip if someone a family member was coming in town 135 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: and that was about it. And then in the nineties 136 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: you had like MGM was branding themselves by the Yellowick 137 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: Road and Wizard of Oz and they were trying to 138 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: make it more kid friendly. I don't know if people 139 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: probably forgot about that because it didn't last very long 140 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: in the early two thousands, and then you had like 141 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: Treasure Island with pirate ships, and then you know, there 142 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: were roller coasters and Excalibur had more of a you know, 143 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: family friendly kind of renaissance feel. Other than popping in 144 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 1: maybe once every I would say maybe twice a year 145 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: on the strip. I lived thirty minutes and grew thirty 146 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: minutes away from the shrip. All my girlfriends did. We 147 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: would maybe go to a homecoming or prom somewhere near 148 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: the Strip, but other than that, you really stayed away 149 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: from it. And it's really just like any other city, 150 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: other than when you go to a convenience story, you'll 151 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: see a slot machine, and when you go to the 152 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: airport you'll see a slot machine. But other than that, 153 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: it's like any other place. 154 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 3: But what did you think you wanted to be when 155 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 3: you grew up? 156 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: I wanted to be Connie Chung because growing up, my 157 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: mother's koreative American Kanyie Chung was on our televisions every night. 158 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: This is before you know, obviously the growth of cable 159 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: news and just kind of twenty four hour networks, and 160 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: it was something that when we were home at night, 161 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: that's who we watched. And she was like the epitome 162 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: of you know, just having intellect and poise and clearly 163 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: having a voice that people wanted to listen to. And 164 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: so just growing up my mother was like, that's what 165 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: you should be, kind of focused on on what you 166 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: want to do and how you want to live your life. 167 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: And so seeing her, I was like, Okay, I'm going 168 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: to go do something in communications and journalism. And when 169 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: I got to the University of Nevada a Reno, I 170 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: thought I was going to be a comms or journalism major, 171 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: And honestly, my sister was in technical journalism as well. 172 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: She ended up pivoting too and ended up she's a 173 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: professor now at Columbia. But I think we both went 174 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: in thinking, look, we're going to make our mother proud. 175 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: This is what we're going to do. But when I 176 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,119 Speaker 1: took a political science class and a constitutional law class 177 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: and undergrad I knew I wanted to kind of move 178 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: on to laws. So as a child growing up, I just, 179 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: you know, to make my parents happy. Wanted to do 180 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: what Kanyie Chun did. 181 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 2: Was that like a big driving factor and kind of 182 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,119 Speaker 2: formulating like who you were, who you're solid yourself as 183 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 2: as someone that your parents can be proud of. 184 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: Definitely, I think there is definitely a you know, look 185 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: you we wanted to work hard. My parents really really 186 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: instilled the importance of education. I say this and I 187 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: don't say this in a way to make me sound 188 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: why I did not wash my own clothes until I 189 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: went to college because my mother was totally like to just 190 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: focus on school. We want you to get a good education, 191 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: get a degree, kind of do that. My my sister 192 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: and I are both for generation college students. So it 193 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: was about kind of making you know your family and 194 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: obviously myself proud and my family proud as well. 195 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 2: You are incredibly well educated, accomplished, and you stayed in 196 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 2: Las Vegas, your whole life, you know. I think that 197 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 2: often when people all we hear this from many of 198 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: our guests, if they start to think about, like I 199 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,199 Speaker 2: want to get out, go somewhere. Did you ever think 200 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 2: about that or you were always very dedicated to stay 201 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 2: and state. 202 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: No, I would have you. And I've been open in 203 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: saying this. I've told people that UNLV was my not 204 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 1: last but I mean when I went there, I was 205 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: in the third graduating class at the law school, okay, 206 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: so it was provisionally accredited. I was like, I'm not 207 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: going to go here unless I can practice anywhere in 208 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: the world, and definitely took a risk, but they definitely 209 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: incentivized me to go there. There was an incredible assistant, 210 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: Dean mean Frank Durand that you met with me often 211 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: in Reno and different things, just kind of letting me 212 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 1: know that the school is going to be great, and 213 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: I ultimately ended up going there. Obviously too, there was 214 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: a cost factor as well. But my mother always says 215 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: to me, I never thought you would stay here, like 216 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: why aren't you going somewhere else? And I was like, thanks, 217 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 1: I thought you would. 218 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 4: Want me to be around because my parents are still 219 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 4: living here as well. 220 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: But no, I always planned on it, and I honestly 221 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: tell my children to go as well. It was just, 222 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 1: you know, I've had incredible opportunity, and that is honestly 223 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:02,719 Speaker 1: why I am very dedicated to the state, because it's 224 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: given me so many great opportunities. But Emily, absolutely I 225 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: thought I was going to leave. And now it's like, 226 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: you know, you married kids, you have jobs. Now it's like, 227 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: you know, I think I'm going to have to wait 228 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: maybe five years, but I still would love to, you know, 229 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: explore and actually live more long term somewhere else. 230 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 2: Still, Sandra decided to stay in state and attend University 231 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 2: of Nevada Reno for her undergrad which is where she 232 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 2: met her husband, Don Morgan, who actually went on to 233 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 2: play for the Minnesota Vikings and the Arizona Cardinals. 234 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: Were gonna have varying stories. In my version, it was 235 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: like it was an event before school even started. We 236 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: called it Tillo on the Hill was in the quad, 237 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: and the quad there is beautiful because it's model after 238 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: the University of Virginia Quad. But then we ended up 239 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: having English in the same building, so there was a class. 240 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: It's in a building, an English class, and there were 241 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: windows for the doors, and for whichever class got out, 242 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: I would always peek in or you would peek in mine. 243 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: And then ultimately one day I was like, okay, are 244 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: we just we're going to go catch a movie or 245 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: but and so our first date was lovingly out of Chile's. 246 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 2: The height of romance, I know, isn't it. Yeah, we're 247 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: classic nachos. Yeah, true, were up again. And when he graduated, 248 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 2: he went to play pro. Was that when you were 249 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 2: in law school? 250 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: Yes, So I was in my senior year at Nevada 251 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: Reno when he was picked up as a free agent 252 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: for the Minnesota Vikings. And then we were married my 253 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: second year of law school and he was still the Vikings. 254 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: And then he went and played for the Cardinals. 255 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 2: One year after that, well, Don was off playing football. 256 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 2: Sandra once again decided to stay in state and attend 257 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 2: law school at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. 258 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: So when I was going to law school, this was 259 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: early two thousands, same issues that we're dealing with now right, 260 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: whether it be reproductive rights, affirmative action. Things that I 261 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: felt like when we talk about the Constitution, why I 262 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: was drafted, the different theories, you know, why how did 263 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: this come to be? I really really enjoyed that. I 264 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: always enjoyed understanding the why behind the company, right, what 265 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: is the company's vision, what's the goal of the CEO 266 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 1: or the CFO. Why is this policy in place? And 267 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: so I found myself as a litigator, obviously we have 268 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: to kind of have those interviews in those questions to 269 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: defend the case, but I wanted to continue to help 270 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: even after the case was done, or I continue to 271 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: kind of spot, well, how could we have avoided this 272 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: in the first place? So I knew I always probably 273 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: would have enjoyed an in house position or being in 274 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: management more than being the hired gun. So how did 275 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: you think about your steps after law school? Like were 276 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: you thinking about establishing yourself to be part of being 277 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 1: a lawyers that you have to be admitted in a state, 278 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: So it feels like a lot of pressure when you 279 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: graduate to like decide where you're going to take the bar. Sure, well, 280 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: I knew I was going to take the bar in Nevada. 281 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 1: I mean we took all the Barbie courses in the 282 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 1: prep courses, and you know, did the mb the MPRE, 283 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: like the multi state stuff. And at the time that 284 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: in two thousand and three. They only offered the bar 285 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: nevada once a year, so for me, it was either 286 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: I'm passing this because I don't want to have to 287 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: clerk for another year. I want to start making a 288 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: decent salary. And I passed the first time, so that 289 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: was great, and I ended up working at the firm 290 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: that I clerked in my last year in law school. 291 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: So I was clerking at a firm, and then I 292 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: did a judicial externship and kind of things like that 293 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: during the summer. And you know, I've been really lucky 294 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: to have incredible mentors throughout my career, and consider both 295 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 1: of the partners at my first firm that I keep 296 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: in contact with have been great. So I was there 297 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 1: for about three years and then went in house to MGM, 298 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 1: and that was like an opportunity of a lifetime for 299 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: me at the time. I was in my late twenties. 300 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: To be able to work for such established company and 301 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: just have that's when I kind of understood the corporate 302 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: structure and how things operate. 303 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 2: Sandra's career had taken off. Working in house at a 304 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 2: place like MGM was a dream job for many, but 305 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 2: Sandra felt you could do more lead. More so, she 306 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 2: applied to become deputy City attorney of North Las Vegas 307 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 2: and landed the job at just thirty. 308 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 1: So when I started, I started as a deputy city 309 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: attorney and worked my way up to assistant and then 310 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: worked my way up to and then ultimately was appointed 311 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: by the mayor and city council to be the city attorney. 312 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: And that city has its own police apartment, its own 313 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: fire department, its own parks and rectree department, public works, 314 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: you know, wastewater and water utility system, you know, things 315 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: like that. And it was the fastest growing city when 316 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 1: I joined, top five fastest growing city in the United States. 317 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: So when you talk about our planning and zoning, like 318 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: you know, oh, you know, here's a plot of land, 319 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: we're going to zone it commercial. This will be for retail, 320 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: this place will be for residential. Those meetings to determine 321 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: what that vacant land would look like, we're going to 322 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: one in the morning. That is how much growth the 323 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: city was experiencing. And so the time I joined, I 324 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: was like, this is wonderful. They need help. It's a 325 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: growing city. And then you know, the recession hits. 326 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 5: Lehman Brothers is going bankrupt, and financial markets from Asia 327 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 5: to Europe are doing their utmost to prevent Monday from 328 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 5: turning from dark to black. 329 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 6: So I think this is the most significant financial crisis 330 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 6: in the post war period. 331 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: There are fears the selloff will continue on wall. 332 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 2: Stream, soaring gas prices, falling home prices and rising unemployed. 333 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: And obviously people aren't paying their more, they're losing their 334 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: homes things. I mean, there was a foreclosure I think 335 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: on every if not every street, every other street, and 336 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: you know, within a community where the Hume Building Association 337 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: again was growing and then it just froze, so tax 338 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: revenue wasn't coming in, and we had a lot of 339 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: agreements couldn't COLLECTI barding agreements with our police unions, fire 340 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: unions team serves that handled a lot of it. It 341 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: was incredible, I mean to we actually closed our city jail, 342 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: so those were goodness. I think at least five hundred 343 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: people who lost their jobs. It was just a really 344 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: really tragic and sad time. And for me personally, I 345 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: was also a resident of the city and sort of 346 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: an O eight so I had my son was maybe two. 347 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: It really made me realize for me, it's more philosophically, like, 348 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: what is the role of government? It is not for 349 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,479 Speaker 1: me bringing in revenue. It is about providing basic services. 350 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: And I should say basic services. It's about providing services 351 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: to the community and to the residents and to the taxpayers. 352 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: But what level of services, you know, should it be? 353 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: I mean, citizen should feel safe in their community. They 354 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: should know if they're calling nine to one one that 355 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: you know, police or fire going to actually show up. 356 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: There should be parks and recreation centers where their children 357 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: and people can go. And it really kind of stripped 358 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: everything down and said, okay, what type of service are 359 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: we supposed to provide? So for me, it was a 360 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: very it was an incredibly moment of growth personally, but 361 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: then also professionally because I was in a role not 362 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: about providing value to shareholders, which is obviously very important, 363 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: but making sure the people who are living in the 364 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: city can have a good quality of life. And so 365 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: it was a difficult time, but I will tell you 366 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: it was a time of turmoil, and through that time 367 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: you see people rise to the challenge and you see 368 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: who was willing to come to the table and make 369 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: things work. And I'm just incredibly proud to have been 370 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: a part of a process where we were able to 371 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: renegotiate a lot of those agreements. And you know, the 372 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: city is thriving now and I knew by the time 373 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: that I left that it was definitely on the upswing. 374 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: But you know, a small, resilient city that really worked 375 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: together and it really helped me professionally. That was definitely 376 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: a turning point in my professional career as well, because 377 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: it was a point where if I can go through 378 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: this with you know, with this team and people around me, 379 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: like what you know, there's bringing on, there's more challenges 380 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: I think that we can you know, lean to and 381 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: kind of conquer together. It also really instilled me the 382 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: you know, you learn lessons throughund the way, but just 383 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: management style, collaboration and communication during times of crisis are 384 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: so important. When you're not making decisions for yourself and 385 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: just for the company, you're making peak decisions for residents 386 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: and for people who maybe don't have a voice. 387 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, talk to me about how that was a turning 388 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 2: point for you, Like did it make you think about 389 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 2: a larger possibility of roles that you could be in 390 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 2: or impact that you could have. 391 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 1: It was more it wasn't about me. Really, I was 392 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: focused on, like, Wow, these decisions are impacting two hundred 393 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand people, and what we do that affects 394 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: the city will then affect the entire state. If I 395 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: could help bring calm and bring the appropriate level of facts, 396 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: data analysis, collaboration to be able to get to a 397 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: decision that could help our residents, will total and help 398 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: our state. If I have that skill set that's able 399 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: to at least help manage that, then yeah, maybe I 400 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 1: do have a greater responsibility, but yeah, more from a 401 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: professional standpoint of Okay, I was in the room with 402 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: some people that were making very important decisions, and I 403 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: felt qualified and capable and competent, and I think it 404 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: helped my confidence as well. 405 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,719 Speaker 2: You probably had your daughter around the same time that 406 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 2: the crash was happening that you were managing all this 407 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 2: as a city attorney. That's not usually a time that 408 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 2: women say they want bigger responsibility. 409 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: I remember my I was on attorney leave. I remember 410 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: having my daughter and a baby born while we were 411 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: having a meeting about unfortunately about reductions and force and thinking, oh, 412 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: this is so difficult, but you know, I wanted to 413 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 1: help the team, and there was the moment actually that 414 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: I decided to leave the city, I'll never forget it. It 415 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: was really late at night and I was hurrying to 416 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 1: sign her up for pre K or something, and I 417 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: remember thinking, I don't want to be here at ten 418 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: o'clock at night. I should be with my you know, 419 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 1: with my daughter. But we always have those those ebbs 420 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: and flows right in our lives and different things. I 421 00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: didn't be myself up about it, but I just remember thinking, 422 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 1: this is probably time for me to try something. 423 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 2: Different, ready for something new. Sandra spoke honestly about what 424 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 2: factored into her decision to leave public service and venture 425 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 2: into the corporate world. 426 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: So when you. 427 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 2: Left and you were thinking about looking for something else, 428 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 2: what did you prioritize in that search. 429 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: I was looking for something that would definitely have some 430 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: stability for me to be able to have some control 431 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: and a little bit of autonomy, and something that was 432 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: different and fun, and honestly, I wanted to be able 433 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: to be a little more financially secure as well. And 434 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: I made the move to Atant. 435 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 2: At this point, Sandra had made a name for herself 436 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 2: as deputy city attorney, building her connections and network along 437 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 2: the way. So It wasn't long before the state wanted 438 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 2: her back. She was appointed to sit on both the 439 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 2: Athletic Commission and the Gaming Control Board, all while still 440 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 2: working at AT and T. And from there, I don't 441 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 2: know it was directly, but you ended up at the 442 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 2: helm of the Gaming Control Board in Las Vegas. In 443 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 2: other states that be I don't know, like the Latto 444 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,880 Speaker 2: or something, but in Nevada this is a serious position. 445 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 2: So okay, not only were you, I want to hear 446 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 2: what that was like to begin with, and then you 447 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 2: were running it when COVID. 448 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,199 Speaker 3: Nineteen hit, when the pandemic hit. You really are in 449 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 3: these you have such incremaicable timing. 450 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: So Emily, my friends often say, don't go to public 451 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: service because every time you go back to public service, 452 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: there's a recession or a pandemic. So just stay like, 453 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: don't Yeah, for. 454 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 3: The good of all of us. Yeah, for all of us. 455 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 1: Please. Yeah, that was an incredible appointment. I was on 456 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: the Athletic Commission and new governor came in and appointing 457 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: me to be chair of the Gaming Control Board. It 458 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 1: is an incredibly important position for our state because gamings 459 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: are primary industry. This was something Emily going back to 460 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: my mother would meet. My mother incredibly proud because she 461 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: was working against swing shift Kino runner had to work 462 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,719 Speaker 1: holidays because those positions don't give holidays off. And for 463 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: now me to be able to regulate that industry, so 464 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: a proud moment for her in me as well. But 465 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: you know, you're regulating everything from those five slot machines, 466 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: ten slot machines and a convenience store, to know, the 467 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: mega resorts on the strip, and incredibly well oiled machine. 468 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: Because gaming has been around for so long. To say 469 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: it's a welled oil machine is an understatement. The industry 470 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: is responsible for three hundred and sixty eight thousand jobs 471 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: and nine billion, yes billion, in economic impact. It's actually 472 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: larger than the airline industry. 473 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 6: We contribute a quarter of a trillion dollars to the 474 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 6: economy and thirty eight billion dollars in taxes to local 475 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:36,959 Speaker 6: and state governments around the country. 476 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 7: The Economic Forum went over a number of revenue sources. 477 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,959 Speaker 1: They started with gaming taxes, which as we know, are 478 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: a major source for the state. 479 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 2: Sandra was responsible for keeping the entire industry on track, 480 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 2: everything from licensing, regulation and enforcement to running the devices and. 481 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: In the middle of that was the actually the repeal 482 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: of PASPA, which allowed states to legalized sports bedding. 483 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 2: States and gaming companies can now legally allow betting on sports. 484 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 5: That's because today the Supreme Court overturned a federal ban 485 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 5: on sports betting, calling it unconstitutional. 486 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: So the big question for us is what does this 487 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: mean for Massachusetts. 488 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 5: Development in America's sports industry. Today, America's highest court has 489 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 5: given the go ahead to bet on sports across the country. 490 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,719 Speaker 5: Some experts say such a move could see thirty two 491 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 5: states offering sports betting within five years. A number of 492 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 5: stocks leaped on the news let's bring in Howard. 493 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: So a very very busy time and an exciting time, 494 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: and cashles wagering was something that was front of mine. 495 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: I was at glat that we were able to kind 496 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: of push that through. As well as regulations on discrimination, 497 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: whether it be race, gender, sexual orientation, religion. That was 498 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,360 Speaker 1: really important for me obviously personally as well as we're 499 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: looking at making sure we happened and that is an 500 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 1: inclusive workforce, but that our workforce is being treated properly 501 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: within the companies and the gaming entities, but also with 502 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: by customers. 503 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 3: Okay, so COVID, Yeah, It was. 504 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: Devastating, right, this is something that was unprecedented. The gaming 505 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: industry had never been closed ever. They're built to be 506 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: open twenty four to seven. The only time there was 507 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 1: an option was actually during JFK's funeral, they had the 508 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: option to be closed. So these doors are not meant 509 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: to be locked. They're open twenty four to seven. So, 510 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: you know, conversations about what do we do with the 511 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: casino cages right where you go get cash, where you 512 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 1: go get chips, where you go redeem your tickets. Initially 513 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: it was we kind of space things out every other 514 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: machine at table games doing every other because nobody knew. 515 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: I mean, it sounds a little silly now, but at 516 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: the time, and we were constantly monitoring the numbers and 517 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 1: the cases, and it was funny. Even as of March, 518 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,199 Speaker 1: we didn't even have any confirmed cases in Nevada. But 519 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 1: then as soon as that hit, it was like okay, 520 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: now what and working with other states, clearly working with 521 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: the governor's office. The governor made the decision to open 522 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: and close, but as a head regulator, I would decide 523 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: how those decisions were going to be implemented. 524 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 7: Las Vegas as we've never seen before heard before the 525 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 7: entire Vegas Strip shut down. One hundred percent of casino 526 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 7: doors closed, tourists gone. 527 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: Empiness is like a ghost town. 528 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 8: And it is like really sad. 529 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 6: Everyone wants to know when will casinos get the green 530 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 6: light to reopen. We get some insight into how the 531 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 6: Gaming Control Board is making reopening decisions with the chairwoman, 532 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 6: Sandra Douglas Morgan. Another issue many people are worried about 533 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 6: is the coronavirus has effect, of course, on our city's economy. 534 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 5: Yeah, Las Vegas has seen several large convention cancelations in 535 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 5: the last week, and that means less. 536 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 8: Work for local businesses and hospitality employees. 537 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 1: SASIA office, We didn't want to be a place that 538 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: was open for everyone when everything else was closed. In 539 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: other places, in other states where there was gaming, casinos 540 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: were one of the first things to be closed. But 541 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: in our state, when you closed it, it infected almost thirty 542 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: five to not forty percent of our population. We're on unemployment, 543 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 1: so you're trying to balance obviously this pandemic and what 544 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: that means, but also being able to stabilize and allowing 545 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,439 Speaker 1: people to provide for their families. And then when you 546 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: have that many people who are unemployed, burden and crash 547 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: on the unemployment system right to even be able to 548 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: process all of that. So it was at that point 549 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: it was more than gaming regulation, you know. I was 550 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 1: talking to people about obviously COVID testing, working with our incredible, 551 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: honestly gaming partners because so many of them actually had 552 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 1: operations overseas and in China, and we're working with people 553 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 1: to obtain tests and masks and kits. It was really 554 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: at all hands on deck effort with the private sector 555 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: of the public sector, fire departments, counties, cities literally working 556 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: on with private jets to fly things in to make 557 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: sure employees and guests, you know, could be as safe 558 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: as possible. And it was true, it was. I spent 559 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: more time with medical professionals in February and definitely March, 560 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 1: in April, in May than my own team. So difficult 561 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: time for the state and just no one had a 562 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: blueprint or a playbook for it. But you talk about 563 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: a place being able to bounce back Las Vegas, you know, 564 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: you just don't ever count on us to be down 565 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: and out. I think the industry worked really well together. 566 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: It really made me proud, honestly to be a Novadon 567 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 1: as to how we were able to usher through that. 568 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: But I probably have never even satinly thought about the 569 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: impact and the process that that all had. But I was, 570 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: you know, devastating, obviously for large companies and small Her 571 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: pivot came knocking when she met the owner of the Raiders, 572 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,400 Speaker 1: Mark Davis. The team had just made the move from 573 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: Oakland to Las Vegas, and we're quietly looking for a 574 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: leader who had ingrained knowledge of the city and could 575 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: lead tactfully to maintain their famous fan base while building 576 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: a new one. So we met when the team moved, 577 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: but I was in gaming and then I was at Comington. 578 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: I went to a firm before I came here, and he, 579 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: you know, Mark Davis has a humongous heart and is 580 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: really about not only taking care of the Raiders. It's 581 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 1: an employee first culture and he really was like, I 582 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: want to be woven into every single piece of the 583 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: Las Vegas community. He's like, we are the Las Vegas Raiders, 584 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: and you know, we want this community to love and 585 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: embrace us, and it's done great things for us from 586 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 1: the you know, from the stadium and from our headquarters 587 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 1: that are here in Henderson to really kind of embrace 588 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: this community. So I do think that helps as well. 589 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: And so we chatted about some things, things about the foundation, 590 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: things for more of a nonprofit lens and I was like, 591 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: that's not I mean, I want to help and we 592 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: love the Raiders. We were supportive as soon as the 593 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: team moved here. We want to dig in and help, 594 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 1: But for me not full time because I was kind 595 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: of enjoying some things. I actually joined some boards and 596 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 1: I was actually enjoying flexibility for the first time of 597 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 1: my life. And we always kept in contact. At the time, 598 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: I was the vice chair of the Host Committee and 599 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: so that I was appointed there through the Super Bowl 600 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: Host Committee, and so this would have been at the 601 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 1: time that the NFL announced the Super Bowls coming to Vegas. 602 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: The chairman of the Host Committee is Maray Gallagher, who's 603 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 1: the chair of Allegian Airlines. I serve on that board 604 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: as well, and we were announced kind of together as 605 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: being the chair and the co chair of the Host 606 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: Committee and what we're going to do to usher this 607 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: in and kind of lightning speed to bring it to 608 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: Las Vegas. Because kind of the bidding process, if you roll, 609 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: the application process changed a little bit and so I 610 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: go to the LA Super Bowl to kind of, you know, 611 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: check out things out, see what their volunteer program looks like. 612 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 1: And I see Mark Davis and he is like, hey, 613 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 1: you're always telling me no. And I said, I've never 614 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: told you no. I just said it wasn't the right fit. 615 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: But we always kind of kept in contact, and then 616 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,360 Speaker 1: we just had some more serious conversations. 617 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 2: Did he say when he came back to you and 618 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 2: you guys had these more serious conversations, did he say 619 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 2: what it was about you that made him say, yes, 620 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 2: you are the right person with the right experience for 621 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 2: this moment, for our challenges. 622 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: Mark is very intentional, and this is where I'm slowly like. 623 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: He did make a comment. I think one of our 624 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 1: first conversations, and I remember I was driving with my 625 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: son and his name came up on the bluetooth in 626 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 1: the car. My son was like, is that really arkd 627 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 1: it was that's calling you? He said, I've heard a 628 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 1: lot of good things about you from people that don't 629 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: know each other. I remember he said something like that, 630 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: and so that's why I, as I have gotten to 631 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: know him, I was like, you know, who was it? 632 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: So I have a feeling now that you know, these 633 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: were people that I've met or interacted with, maybe someone gaming, 634 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: maybe some of the entertainment space, maybe some in the 635 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: legal space. And that's why I've always just said, you 636 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: never know who you're going to run into, and you 637 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: never know who's watching as well. But we have very 638 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: candid and frank discussions, which I think he appreciates as well. Ultimately, 639 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: that you know is he has the owner of this 640 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: team and has been with his team for over sixty years. 641 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: Fathers and obviously an incredible figure not just in sports, 642 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: but a leader as well. 643 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,959 Speaker 2: Sandra was announced as the president of the Las Vegas 644 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 2: Raiders in July of twenty twenty two, becoming the first 645 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 2: black female team president in the NFL and only the 646 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 2: third woman and third African American to hold the position 647 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 2: in the NFL's one hundred and three year history. 648 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: I am just so grateful for him to have given me, 649 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: you know, this opportunity president. I never met a president 650 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: of an NFL team, really wasn't sure what to expect, 651 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: but for him, he is so incredibly candid that he 652 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: just said, hey, Sandra, if there's a problem here, we'll 653 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: fix it. And I'm sure, you're going to be fine. 654 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: And the Raiders have been here for a long time. 655 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: We have a lot of long term employees, and you 656 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: know you'll be okay. And even before the first owners meeting, 657 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: I was like, is there anything I needed? He's like, 658 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: you'll be fine. So to be able to have kind 659 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: of his support and just saying, hey, go go meet 660 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: with people, go figure this out. It's been an incredible 661 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: journey this far. 662 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 3: What do you think? 663 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 2: You know, there's always a learning curve if you get 664 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 2: into any job and you're. 665 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 3: Like, wow, I am not as prepared for this piece 666 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 3: as I thought I was. 667 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,480 Speaker 2: So what are some of those you know, what do 668 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 2: you think since you came from a pretty different industry 669 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 2: you know, gaming and sporting in a little bit, but 670 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 2: like a different industry, So what pieces do you think 671 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 2: have best prepared you for this job? And what pieces 672 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 2: are you like, Okay, I need to lean on some 673 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 2: others to fill in this piece for me. 674 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: Oh goodness, I'm an outsiders outsider for the NFL, Like 675 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: I've had an opportunity to meet some other presidents and 676 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: people do have different backgrounds, right, There's some lawyers or 677 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: some people that clearly have been you know finance backgrounds 678 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: more you know football operations backgrounds. But I'm definitely an outsiders. Outsider. 679 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: I had to understand the process with the NFL, and 680 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: that's going to be a work in process, and I'm 681 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: just not going to beat myself up to figure all 682 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: of that out in a month. It's just impossible. Right. 683 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: They have their constitution and bylaws, they have policies, they 684 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: have resolute there's always something that's going on, and so 685 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: I'm lucky enough to have people here in this organization 686 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: that have been here for a round that can understand that. 687 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: But we also have had significant turnover for our executives, 688 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: and so I've also told, you know, my executive team, 689 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: go out there, make the connections, understand it, but don't 690 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:17,959 Speaker 1: kill yourself to think you have to know it all 691 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: on one day too, because you know, again there's other 692 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: resources and people that we can lean on. My priority 693 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 1: my first season was this organization and making sure that 694 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: I met everyone in this organization and understood what they meant, 695 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: that they believed that it meant to be a raider. 696 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: I could explain to people what my expectations were of 697 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: different departments, but I have been very open with people, 698 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: and I think I hope that people kind of appreciate 699 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: that saying, look, I don't know anything about stadium operations, 700 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 1: because why would I have to in my career, right, 701 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: So I'm going to trust you to do your job, 702 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: but I'm also going to expect that you let me 703 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: know if there's challenges, how I can help, what resources 704 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: you need. And I just want to make sure that 705 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: we stay on top and we're adopting best practices. But 706 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: I think, you know, pouring in to our employees and 707 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: letting them know that I'm here to support will hopefully 708 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: kind of build that help me gain that trust to 709 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: know that I'm here to support them. And if we're 710 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: all winning and wanting to be on the same page, 711 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: do what's best for the Raiders and then we'll get 712 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: to the right place. 713 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 3: Where have you found camaraderie in that? 714 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 2: I mean, to your point, it's only thirty two teams, 715 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 2: but actually you're in competition. 716 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're in competition on Sundays for sure. But I 717 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: will tell you, Emily, I did not know what that 718 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: relationship was like with other presidents. I've been so incredibly encouraged. Again, 719 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 1: because there's only thirty two they're dealing with the same issues. 720 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 1: You know, we've had, you know, some difficult challenges even 721 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: since I've been here, and people reaching out, you know, 722 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 1: to saying, hey, I'm here, if you need anything here, 723 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: if you need a vet here, if you need you know, 724 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: just to kind of walk through something. So it's great. 725 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 1: So from a business perspective, if we should all be 726 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: operating at a good level, because that makes the lead better. Right. 727 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 1: And I've been, you know, just again, really encouraged, and 728 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: I'm happy to have been able to make some good 729 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: friendships honestly with some of my colleagues and peers and 730 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: have found them to be a really good collaborative group. 731 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: I don't know all of them yet because I've only 732 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: been around for a little bit, but I've been able 733 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: to make some meaningful, I think relationships, and I'm incredibly 734 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: grateful for because they could have just said, hey, figure 735 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,760 Speaker 1: it out on your own. But that has not been 736 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: the reception that I perceived this far. 737 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 2: Well, taking on the team and going immediately into hosting 738 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, those are two like separate but also 739 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 2: huge endeavors. 740 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,719 Speaker 3: So what has preparing for the Super Bowl looked like 741 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 3: for you? 742 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 1: So it's interesting. When I was vice chair, I was 743 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: not with the Raiders, so I you know, when we're 744 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: going through look at the process of looking at venues 745 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: and where we're going to host. I used to always say, oh, 746 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: just touch the Raiders. Well no, but in all seriousness, 747 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: my team here at the Raiders have been incredible. We 748 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: have people on every single committee for the host Committee. 749 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: The host committee itself has been great and working very 750 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: closely with the Las Vegas Convention in Misers Authority that 751 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: truly sells the destination and is a group, you know, 752 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: like Noahther Obviously, we have an incredible amount of conventions here, 753 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: so they're so skilled and working with hotels, knowing where 754 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: the event space is and so being able to work 755 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: with the host committee. And our executive director, Sam Joffrey 756 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: has been involved with the New Orleans Saints when they 757 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: host the last two Super Bowls, so we have the 758 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: expertise I'm hosting a Super Bowl. We have some of 759 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: the best venues in hotel rooms and in town obviously, 760 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 1: and we have the best destination and we have the 761 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: best team you know with the Raiders that are just 762 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: going to make sure that when we host this in 763 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: our home stadium that it's going to be an experience 764 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: like no other. 765 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 8: Get ready, it's time for your next life changing, unforgettable moment, 766 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,280 Speaker 8: because the greatest sporting event is coming to the greatest. 767 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 3: Arena on Earth. 768 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 8: It's more than the super Bowl. It's the super Bowl 769 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 8: in Las Vegas. February eleventh, twenty twenty four. The super 770 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 8: Bowl happens here. 771 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,160 Speaker 1: And you know, my goal obviously as president of the 772 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 1: Raiders is that they come back, and they come back 773 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: to enjoy a you know, a Raider game or an 774 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,839 Speaker 1: event or a concert. The other thing that I think 775 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,399 Speaker 1: is incredible is that we are one of maybe two 776 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 1: or three stadiums that are hundred percent powered by renewable energy, 777 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,759 Speaker 1: so to be able to be legal certified for an 778 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: NFL stadium. To look at our composting efforts, our water 779 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: conservation efforts. I really hope having the super Bowl here 780 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 1: and being able for the Raiders to highlight that will 781 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 1: you know, kind of keep our sustainability initiatives front of 782 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: mine on top of mind while people are able to have, 783 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: you know, a once in a lifetime experience. For me 784 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,959 Speaker 1: growing up in Las Vegas, I know the super Bowl 785 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: will be here and then it will be focused on 786 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 1: the next city, which is New Orleans. But I want 787 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: to make sure and I do believe that our executive 788 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: committeeans to make sure that there is a long impact, 789 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 1: positive impact that it's going to leave for the city, 790 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: whether it be our community and foundation events or are 791 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,920 Speaker 1: you know the pitches that we're doing for local small 792 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 1: and women owned and diversal owned businesses to make sure 793 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 1: that they have opportunities to contract and work with different 794 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: companies in the NFL when it comes to the Super Bowl. 795 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 2: So we obviously have to mention that you are the 796 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,879 Speaker 2: first and only black female president of an NFL team. 797 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 2: You've said an interview that being the first black woman 798 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,440 Speaker 2: president doesn't define success for you, but the legacy you 799 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 2: leave behind will. 800 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 3: So what do you want that to look like? 801 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: For me? It will be a success if I'm not 802 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:10,279 Speaker 1: the last. And I'm incredibly proud of the fact that 803 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: I was the first black city attorney in the state 804 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:16,479 Speaker 1: of Nevada and the first black person and second woman 805 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,360 Speaker 1: to chair the Gaming Control Board. But on those two positions, 806 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: and this was you know, within the last ten years, 807 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 1: I wasn't the last, and that is important for me 808 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: right to be able to show people that people of 809 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 1: all different backgrounds, skill sets, we growths of what you 810 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,279 Speaker 1: look like, have the ability to lead in these positions. 811 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,680 Speaker 1: And what I'm hopeful to show in the Raiders is 812 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,280 Speaker 1: that we're going to be successful for our business operations. 813 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,719 Speaker 1: We're going to do everything we can to support the 814 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: young men that are on the field and our coaches 815 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,719 Speaker 1: and our gms to make sure that we're never going 816 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 1: to be a distraction, but be able to be a strong, stabilizing, 817 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 1: revenue generating force so that the Raiders can continue to 818 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,600 Speaker 1: be successful. And even though there's been no other black 819 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: women that have done it in the past, not going 820 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,880 Speaker 1: to say if, but when I kill it, I hopefully 821 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,920 Speaker 1: that will open the doors, you know, for other women. 822 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,440 Speaker 1: And Emily, I've also said that I I knew there 823 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 1: was going to be some news, obviously with me being 824 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,800 Speaker 1: the first, but the amount of feedback that I've gotten 825 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 1: just from women that have been in sports for so 826 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: long saying, you know, we've been waiting for this, we 827 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,840 Speaker 1: want this, we want you to tell your story. 828 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 8: You know. 829 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 1: That's why I've been, you know, trying to kind of 830 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,440 Speaker 1: open up more in and talk about it because this 831 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: is something that it's not just for one person. That's 832 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: not just for one type of person or someone with 833 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,880 Speaker 1: one type of background. And I do think with sports 834 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 1: and entertainment and just the business of sports changing and evolving, 835 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:28,760 Speaker 1: there's room for everyone at the table. 836 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:30,160 Speaker 3: Yeah. 837 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:31,920 Speaker 2: And I also think an important part of that is 838 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,680 Speaker 2: understanding the decision making process, like having transparency into how 839 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 2: we make these decisions. Like I love that you've spoken 840 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,760 Speaker 2: about that when you're ready to seriously consider taking the job, 841 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,360 Speaker 2: you consulted your family, and I think that's important for 842 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,040 Speaker 2: people to hear, to be able to see themselves in 843 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:47,319 Speaker 2: these positions of power as well. 844 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 3: So what were those conversations, Like, Well, I. 845 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:54,120 Speaker 1: Love my husband, he's incredible. He is so supportive, but 846 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,000 Speaker 1: with him being a former NFL player, he's like, what 847 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: are we talking about here? What's there to discuss? 848 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,959 Speaker 4: You're like, yes, you're in yeah, And I was like, well, 849 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:03,600 Speaker 4: all your our children at the time and things like that. 850 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,319 Speaker 4: But in all seriousness he was he was like, we 851 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 4: will do this together and I will support you, and 852 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 4: he has, honestly every step of the way. 853 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,439 Speaker 1: I was looking at another opportunity actually before I joined 854 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,680 Speaker 1: the Raiders. That included some travel and I remember thinking, 855 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,440 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, it's that too much travel. I've gone 856 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,919 Speaker 1: every weekend. We've been able to kind of make it work. 857 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,279 Speaker 1: Spoke with my family. I have a very close set 858 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 1: of girlfriends that I've had for over twenty years to 859 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,080 Speaker 1: kind of talk about what this would be and it's 860 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 1: something that you really you can try to prepare for, 861 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,600 Speaker 1: but you really don't know until you're in it, right, 862 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,759 Speaker 1: And that's like with any other position. But talking to them, 863 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: it was you know, one, we can do it, we 864 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,719 Speaker 1: can make it work. We'll have your back. That was 865 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,279 Speaker 1: the type of support I needed, and for me having 866 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 1: this support of saying, look, honestly, if it doesn't work out, 867 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: that's something that I honestly learned at the City of 868 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: North Las Vegas times like sometimes you just have to 869 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,320 Speaker 1: try and take a risk, take a chance on yourself. 870 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,279 Speaker 1: Right know that you have and I'm lucky again have 871 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 1: a great support system. If it doesn't work out, then 872 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,959 Speaker 1: you know, that's okay. But I didn't want to ever 873 00:38:59,000 --> 00:38:59,680 Speaker 1: think what if. 874 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 2: What is something that at the time you saw as 875 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,359 Speaker 2: kind of a negative in your life, Like you were like, oh, 876 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,400 Speaker 2: I can't believe this is happening, But maybe like a 877 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,719 Speaker 2: low point, but now in hindsight you see it as 878 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,320 Speaker 2: really having added, like having put you in the position 879 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:14,040 Speaker 2: where you are now. 880 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 1: So the first and I think just because it's more 881 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:22,240 Speaker 1: the more recent, was the pandemic and having so many 882 00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 1: different people with our dominant industry, and obviously having people 883 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,279 Speaker 1: being unemployed, and just the pressure of it all and 884 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,240 Speaker 1: obviously the divisive nature of it saying no to people 885 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: a lot right, and me wondering, this may be time 886 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: for me to move after this, because I don't know 887 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:36,799 Speaker 1: what this is going to look like. But what I 888 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,200 Speaker 1: learned through that, even though there were very spirited meetings 889 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,320 Speaker 1: and some really difficult conversations and obviously very difficult decisions 890 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,399 Speaker 1: I had to make, was that I learned that people 891 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,359 Speaker 1: would prefer to hear no than nothing at all. So 892 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,640 Speaker 1: for me, that helped me, I think with my management 893 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 1: style and my team on saying they don't want to 894 00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,680 Speaker 1: hear no. They obviously want to hear yes, especially if 895 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:58,680 Speaker 1: they're asking and posing a question to you. But if 896 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,480 Speaker 1: you tell them no and why and communicate and say 897 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:03,400 Speaker 1: but if something changes, I'll let you know. That I 898 00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:05,759 Speaker 1: think helped me and help the relationships that I have 899 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:07,920 Speaker 1: now because many of the people honestly that are that 900 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,319 Speaker 1: are Raiders partners now are people that I interacted with 901 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,120 Speaker 1: and had to make some of those difficult conversations and 902 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,279 Speaker 1: have those difficult discussions with. So that is something that 903 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 1: I think at a time, I thought, oh my goodness, 904 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,239 Speaker 1: it is me, not me against the world, but you know, 905 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,759 Speaker 1: sometimes they be gaming against everything, and that was a 906 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:27,880 Speaker 1: learning point. The honor time was actually I applied. I 907 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 1: did not become city attorney on the first my first interview, 908 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,000 Speaker 1: I was actually did not get at the first time, 909 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 1: but I remember a couple of council members talking to 910 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:41,720 Speaker 1: me and saying, I didn't know you very well, and 911 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,399 Speaker 1: I don't want you to leave, and I definitely see 912 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,160 Speaker 1: a future for you here. So I'm grateful that you interviewed, 913 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,680 Speaker 1: and we want to make sure that you're around. So 914 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 1: initially I thought, oh my goodness, I didn't get the job. 915 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:53,680 Speaker 1: Should I leave? Should I go somewhere else? You know, 916 00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:55,480 Speaker 1: the person that knew I applied as well, would that 917 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: be odd? But to get that response that also was 918 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,319 Speaker 1: something that Okay, you know, I'm glad I did it 919 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:02,279 Speaker 1: because now maybe people know another side of me or 920 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,520 Speaker 1: now they know who I am and know that I'm 921 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: valuable to this organization. So a drawback, I think, a 922 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,440 Speaker 1: small drawback, but I think long term, the people that 923 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 1: saw me actually have that position, and some of them 924 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,600 Speaker 1: weren't even on the council when I became city attorney. Again, 925 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,960 Speaker 1: those type of relationships and being able to let people 926 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:21,320 Speaker 1: know who you are and what you can bring to 927 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,000 Speaker 1: the organization was definitely a turning point for me. 928 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,480 Speaker 3: Sandra, thank you so much for joining us. This has 929 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:27,799 Speaker 3: been really, really great. 930 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,400 Speaker 1: Emily, thank you so much for having me on sheep Pivots. 931 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:31,359 Speaker 1: This is a lot of fun. 932 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,760 Speaker 2: Sandra still lives in Las Vegas, but who knows, maybe 933 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,120 Speaker 2: not for long. With her kids and her husband, she 934 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,720 Speaker 2: is of course killing it as president of the Raiders 935 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,400 Speaker 2: and is quietly building a legacy that will have an 936 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:51,120 Speaker 2: impact on the NFL for generations to come. Look out 937 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,680 Speaker 2: for her on your TV screens this weekend as the 938 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,760 Speaker 2: vice chair of the Super Bowl host Committee and president 939 00:41:56,800 --> 00:42:00,000 Speaker 2: of the Hosting Team. She is truly running the chef. 940 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,520 Speaker 2: Head over to our Instagram at she Pivots the podcast. 941 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:05,279 Speaker 2: So tell us who you're rooting for this year and 942 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,120 Speaker 2: what your Super Bowl friendship bracelet's going to say. Be 943 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:13,680 Speaker 2: sure to follow Sandra on Instagram at sdmr raiders one 944 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,400 Speaker 2: for all her latest updates on the Raiders. Thanks for listening. 945 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:23,040 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to this episode of she Pivots. If 946 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,440 Speaker 2: you've made it this far, you're a true pivoter, So 947 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,400 Speaker 2: thanks for being part of this community. 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