This profile is part of our 2018 Power Issue. For more of 2018’s most powerful Texans, click here. On October 12, USA Gymnastics named former California congresswoman Mary Bono as its interim president and CEO, making her the third leader of the scandal-plagued organization since 2016, when news emerged that team doctor Larry Nassar had committed widespread sexual abuse against female gymnasts. “Mary is known to be an outstanding communicator who can coalesce people with differing views and perspectives,” the USA Gymnastics Board chair declared. But there was one person whose views and perspectives Bono had failed to coalesce: three-time world champion Simone Biles, the 21-year-old gymnastics phenom from Spring. The day after the announcement, Biles retweeted a photo showing Bono using a marker to…
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