Gloria Nevarez’s path has brought her through the doors of the Pit before.
On the job since Jan. 1 as the new Commissioner of the Mountain West Conference — just the second commissioner the league has had since Craig Thompson held the post from its birth in 1999 through Dec. 31 — Nevarez is on an ambitious barnstorming tour trying to put in face time with university presidents, athletic directors, coaches, athletes and even media on the campuses and in the communities of the 11 markets that are home to league’s full-time members.
Her stop this past week in Albuquerque, which included a one-on-one podcast interview with the Journal on Friday that can be heard at top podcast providers or on ABQJournal.