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Missouri Valley Conference Staff
Greg Walter joined the staff in
January 2012 and is responsible
for management of compliance
and NCAA legislative matters for
the Missouri Valley Conference and
Missouri Valley Football Conference
and representing both conferences’
interests nationally. In addition,
Walter is involved with a wide array of conference governance matters, including serving as primary liaison
to selected MVC standing committees and the MVC
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, developing league
schedules in a number of sports, and overseeing administration of selected championships.
Walter came to the MVC after serving in the same capacity at The Summit League. He had previously served
as?an?associate?attorney?with?the?international?law?firm?
of Winston & Strawn LLP.
Prior to his stint at Winston & Strawn LLP, Walter was
Associate Director of Compliance at the Big Ten Conference?and?was?also?a?compliance?officer?in?the?University?
of Utah’s Athletics Department.
Walter received a B.A. in biological sciences in 2000
from Northwestern, where he was a member of the rowing team and served as the team’s president during his
senior year. He earned a J.D. in 2003 from the University
of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Senior
Editorial Board of the Virginia Journal of Sports and
Entertainment Law and worked as a compliance intern in
the?athletics?department?during?his?final?year.
A native of Arlington Heights, Ill., Walter resides in
Ballwin, Mo., with his wife Kate and two children, Erin
and Jack.
Chrissy Pachuta
Asst. Director, Compliance
? Christina?Pachuta?begins?her?first?
season with the Missouri Valley Conference in 2013-14 as the league’s
Assistant Director for Compliance.
Pachuta will assist with all aspects
of the MVC compliance program,
including researching the application
of NCAA legislation and providing
interpretations and advice to member institutions; preparing rules education materials;
processing institutional violation reports; overseeing the
National Letter of Intent (NLI) program; assisting with
the review of conference-administered waivers; and updating compliance-related portions of the MVC website.
Other responsibilities will include assisting with oversight
of the Conference’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
and providing support to MVC governance groups, sport
committees, and championships.
Pachuta?comes?to?the?MVC?after?serving?briefly?at?the?
University of Kansas as a Compliance Specialist. In
Kansas, she monitored initial eligibility, amateurism,
recruiting, and providing legislative interpretations for
all 18 sports. She also assisted in game day operations
and monitoring of camps and clinics while at KU. She
served in a similar capacity at the University of Miami
(Fla.) from September 2012 until moving to Lawrence in
January 2013.
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