Leading Las Vegas
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Leading Las Vegas is a podcast produced by the Emergency and Crisis Management Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Each season, students in a Leadership, Innovation and Adaptability class interview prominent leaders, who discuss their leadership approaches, and how they prepare for, respond to, and recover from shocks and stresses faced by the community.
Las Vegas is known for being the entertainment capital of the world. However, it is also a complex environment, with a highly diverse community living in densely populated urban and suburban areas. It is situated near rugged and desolate land, with an arid climate and extreme temperatures in summer months. This unique nature of the city and its location create dynamic challenges for leaders.
Each season, the Leading Las Vegas podcast will focus on specific issues relevant to emergencies and crises, as well as community resilience. It’s a must-listen for emergency managers, leaders, community members, and students interested in the field of emergency crisis management.
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Season 1 of Leading Las Vegas focuses on Tourist Safety. Tourism is an integral part of Las Vegas, with over 42 million people visiting the city every year. Large-scale events from shows at hotel properties, to music festivals, to high-profile sporting events, occur on a nightly basis, along with conventions that can draw well over 100,000 attendees. Different agencies work together in the community to plan for these events, and respond when safety threats occur.
In this season, we discuss issues of event planning, current and future threats, as well as community resilience. Las Vegas was also the site of the October 1, 2017 Route 91 Music Festival shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The season contains an episode focused on the shooting, and conversations with the leaders involved with the security planning and response to the attack, and an interview with Las Vegas mayor, Carolyn Goodman, who discusses the city’s resilience.
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Episodes
“Las Vegas Never Closes, Never”: COVID-19 and the Las Vegas Tourism Industry
August 05, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBMs. Bartlett discuss how the Venetian shut its doors, and the challenges of re-opening them. She describes how the property learned of COVID, how it developed a response plan, and the importance of having a team made up of members with complimentary skill sets. Many creative solutions had to be developed to create a safe environment that allowed tourists to return. Communication played a vital role in creating these solutions, and Ms. Bartlett discusses the importance of this cri...
Illuminating Inequities: Caring for Vulnerable Populations During COVID
August 04, 2022 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBThis episode of Leading Las Vegas delves into how COVID disrupted existing support systems for individuals in need of services, and examines leadership approaches that help vulnerable communities during a crisis. We learn how organizations responded to, and embraced, changes they were required to make during the pandemic. Carlito Rayos describes his experience working with the Moapa Band of Paiute, what he learned about their culture, including care of their elders, and the commun...
Regional Response: How Las Vegas Public Health Agencies Managed a Highly Vulnerable Community During the Pandemic
August 03, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBOur guests discuss a wide range of topics related to COVID-19, including the financial burden the pandemic created in the region and for their agency, the mental stress created by COVID-19, and ways that the pandemic will continue to have an impact for years to come. In addition, Mr. Quinn and Ms. Robinson discuss characteristics needed to be a strong leader, and detail lessons learned that will be helpful for future leaders. Produced By Ian Imperial Jonathan King-Kaplan Ke...
State of Crisis: Nevada Leaders Use the National Guard to Combat COVID-19
August 02, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBOur guests in this episode discuss innovative ways that Nevada adapted its COVID response, from both a top-down and bottom-up approach. In particular, they discuss challenges arising from working with both federal and local partners, and how those challenges were overcome in unique ways, such as moving state agencies, including the Division of Emergency Management, under the National Guard. They also discuss how an individual on the front line was able to develop impactful solutio...
City Solutions: The Las Vegas Response to COVID-19
August 01, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBManaging COVID-19 created enormous challenges for cities around the world. The early days of the response brought great uncertainty, as cities and healthcare providers worked to contain the spread of the virus, and treat those who contracted it. A shortage of hospital beds and medical supplies, including personal protective equipment, had to be overcome. Ultimately, a high level of collaboration between cities, hospitals, and other entities, was needed to develop creative and inn...
S1E4: Bouncing Back from Crisis: How Communities Build Resilience
March 22, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 38.7 MBWhat creates a resilient community? We explore the issue of community resilience with Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Tom Perrigo, the Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Las Vegas, and Jonathan Ullman, President of the Mob Museum, as well as several other city leaders. Based on their experiences managing responses to emergencies and crises in Las Vegas, they discuss how leadership can help a community recover from a crisis, and renew itself as it moves forward.
Co-Producing Safety: Emergency Mangers and an Engaged Public Facing Current and Future Threats
March 22, 2021 23:00 - 24 minutes - 34.4 MBWhat threats currently face Las Vegas, and what are leaders preparing for, in terms of future challenges? We discuss this issue with George Togliatti, Director of the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Carolyn Levering, the Emergency Manager for the City of Las Vegas, and Captain Dori Koren of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
Bouncing Back from Crisis: How Communities Build Resilience
March 22, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 38.7 MBWhat creates a resilient community? We explore the issue of community resilience with Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Tom Perrigo, the Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Las Vegas, and Jonathan Ullman, President of the Mob Museum, as well as several other city leaders. Based on their experiences managing responses to emergencies and crises in Las Vegas, they discuss how leadership can help a community recover from a crisis, and renew itself as it moves forward.
Behind the Scenes: The Science and Safety of Event Planning
March 22, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MBTwo experts in crowd management, Sgt. Timothy Frederick from the Events Planning Section of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), and Dr. Tamara D. Herold, the Director of Crowd Management Research Council at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, discuss crowd safety and the many factors involved with planning large-scale events.
S1E4 - Bouncing Back from Crisis: How Communities Build Resilience
March 22, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 25.8 MBIn this episode, we explore how Las Vegas has responded to, and recovered from, different shocks and stresses, including the October 1st, 2017 Route 91 Music Festival mass shooting and the COVID-19 pandemic. Las Vegas City Mayor Carolyn Goodman describes her personal experience related to the events of the October 1st, 2017 shooting, and factors that contributed to Las Vegas’s resilience after the attack. Jonathan Ullman, President and CEO of the Mob Museum in Las Vegas provides i...
S1E3: Co-Producing Safety: Emergency Mangers and an Engaged Public Facing Current and Future Threats
March 21, 2021 23:00 - 24 minutes - 34.4 MBWhat threats currently face Las Vegas, and what are leaders preparing for, in terms of future challenges? We discuss this issue with George Togliatti, Director of the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Carolyn Levering, the Emergency Manager for the City of Las Vegas, and Captain Dori Koren of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
S1E3 - Co-Producing Safety: Emergency Mangers and an Engaged Public Facing Current and Future Threats
March 21, 2021 23:00 - 24 minutes - 34.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss current and future threats facing the city of Las Vegas, including terrorism, the COVID-19 pandemic, social protests, cyber-attacks, and other challenges. Insight is provided by George Togliatti, Director of the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Carolyn Levering, the Emergency Manager for the City of Las Vegas, and Captain Dori Koren of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), who is in charge of the Convention Area Command, which includes...
S1E2 - Behind the Scenes: The Science and Safety of Event Planning
March 20, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, we speak with Sgt. Timothy Frederick, of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department’s (LVMPD) Events Planning section and Dr. Tamara D. Herold, the Director of Crowd Management Research Council at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, about many factors involved with event planning for large-scale events. Our conversation covers everything from basic security protocols, to the intriguing psychology behind understanding different types of crowds, to the way technology is ...
S1E2: Behind the Scenes: The Science and Safety of Event Planning
March 20, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MBTwo experts in crowd management, Sgt. Timothy Frederick from the Events Planning Section of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), and Dr. Tamara D. Herold, the Director of Crowd Management Research Council at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, discuss crowd safety and the many factors involved with planning large-scale events.
S1E1 - The Lifeboat: A Journey into the Emergency Management Response to the October 1st, 2017 Route 91 Shooting in Las Vegas
March 19, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this episode, we discuss leadership responses to the October 1st, 2017 mass shooting at the Route 91 Music Festival in Las Vegas with two individuals who were central to the response. Captain John Pelletier of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), the Incident Commander for the event, and Rachel Skidmore, the Emergency Manager for the LVMPD. They discuss what was involved with stabilizing and responding to the situation. They also discuss the importance of pre-p...
S1E1: The Lifeboat: A Journey into the Emergency Management Response to the October 1st, 2017 Route 91 Shooting in Las Vegas
March 19, 2021 23:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThe October 1st, 2017 Shooting at the Route 91 Music Festival was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. In this episode, we speak with the Captain John Pelletier of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), who was the Incident Commander for the event, and Rachel Skidmore, the Emergency Manager for the LVMPD, who discuss the response to the attack from their leadership perspective.
The Lifeboat: A Journey into the Emergency Management Response to the October 1st, 2017 Route 91 Shooting in Las Vegas
March 19, 2021 00:14 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThe October 1st, 2017 Shooting at the Route 91 Music Festival was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. In this episode, we speak with the Captain John Pelletier of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), who was the Incident Commander for the event, and Rachel Skidmore, the Emergency Manager for the LVMPD, who discuss the response to the attack from their leadership perspective.