Leading Las Vegas

About Leading Las Vegas

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. *** 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.

Publisher

UNLV Emergency and Crisis Management Program

Category

government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Mar 2021

Latest episode

5 Aug 2022

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Aug 2022

   “Las Vegas Never Closes, Never”: COVID-19 and the Las Vegas Tourism Industry

   Casinos in Las Vegas are meant to never close. However, COVID-19 led to a shut-down of this most vital sector of the region’s economy. This episode of Leading Las Vegas focuses on the impact of COVID on the tourism industry in Las Vegas. Our guest is Lindsey Bartlett, the Assistant Director for Emergency Management at the Venetian Resort, one of the premier hotel and convention properties in Las Vegas.

2. 

   4 Aug 2022

   Illuminating Inequities: Caring for Vulnerable Populations During COVID

   How can we best serve our vulnerable populations? Through conversations with Carlito Rayos, the Hazardous Materials and Critical Infrastructure Coordinator for the Clark County Fire Department, and Arash Ghafoori, the Executive Director Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, we explore the impact COVID-19 has had on underserved individuals.

3. 

   3 Aug 2022

   Regional Response: How Las Vegas Public Health Agencies Managed a Highly Vulnerable Community During the Pandemic

   Clark County, Nevada, where Las Vegas is located, was identified as one of the most vulnerable regions for the COVID-19 pandemic. The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) led response efforts in this region. In this episode of Leading Las Vegas, we interview the SNHD Office of Public Health Preparedness Manager, Jeff Quinn, and SNHD Public Health Preparedness Supervisor, Misty Robinson.

4. 

   2 Aug 2022

   State of Crisis: Nevada Leaders Use the National Guard to Combat COVID-19

   Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic required the coordination of resources at both the municipal and state level. In this episode of Leading Las Vegas, we focus on the state of Nevada’s efforts to combat the virus. We interview Caleb Cage, Director of Nevada’s COVID-19 response, and Colonel Justin Galli, who served as the liaison from Governor Sisolak’s office to the National Guard in Nevada.

5. 

   1 Aug 2022

   City Solutions: The Las Vegas Response to COVID-19

   In this episode of Leading Las Vegas, Mason Van Howling, Chief Executive Officer of the University Medical Center, and Carolyn Levering, Emergency Management Administrator of the City of Las Vegas, discuss ways that the city and the medical community responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

6. 

   22 Mar 2021

   S1E4 - Bouncing Back from Crisis: How Communities Build Resilience

   What 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.

7. 

   21 Mar 2021

   S1E3 - Co-Producing Safety: Emergency Mangers and an Engaged Public Facing Current and Future Threats

   What 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).

8. 

   20 Mar 2021

   S1E2 - Behind the Scenes: The Science and Safety of Event Planning

   Two 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.

9. 

   19 Mar 2021

   S1E1 - The Lifeboat: A Journey into the Emergency Management Response to the October 1st, 2017 Route 91 Shooting in Las Vegas

   The 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.

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