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“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 Ve...
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 Cl...
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 ...
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 th...
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 Administr...
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 f...
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...
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,...
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 Pelletie...