EM Weekly Podcast

Gleeson, a Navy SEAL combat veteran and serial entrepreneur, has leveraged the principles of leadership, discipline, accountability and resiliency learned in training and applied down range for building high-performance teams in the business world. He has raised millions of dollars for his organizations, built winning teams, made costly mistakes, dealt with the inevitable obstacles and sold companies for significant returns. He is an acclaimed speaker on topics ranging from leadership and culture to change management and building high-performance teams. Companies of all sizes from across the globe hire him for speaking and consulting with a desire to leverage his expertise in building teams that evangelize change and achieve winning results. After tours in Iraq, Africa and other theaters of war Gleeson transitioned to the world of entrepreneurship applying battletested leadership principles to building teams designed to overcome the odds and achieve results. Using the guiding principles he learned in the SEAL Teams, Gleeson has built award-winning multi-million dollar organizations that have earned the prestige of being repeatedly named in the Inc. 500|5000 list of fastest growing private companies. He has spoken to thousands of business leaders, professional athletes and first responders all over the world and consulted with hundreds of organizations large and small seeking new ways to develop their leaders, improve the culture and get better results. He has inspired thousands to push themselves beyond their comfort zone and achieve seemingly impossible goals. With degrees in finance and economics from Southern Methodist University, English and History from Oxford University in England and an MBA from University of San Diego, Gleeson’s extensive experience is both academic and real-world in nature. Gleeson has won awards for business leadership and was named one of the “Top 10 CEOs” in Entrepreneur Magazine’s October 2013 issue for his exemplary approach to building high-performance teams in business. His clients include reputable brands such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, PayPal, Nestle, Toronto Raptors, Morgan Stanley, Raytheon, Boeing, A&E Networks, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Care Fusion, The North Face, Lilly, Blue Cross Blue Shield, UBS and the U.S. Navy. For the last four years, Gleeson has had weekly columns on both Forbes.com and Inc.com, two of the most highly trafficked business content sites in the world. His columns – that garner thousands of views and social shares each week – focus on the topics of business leadership, culture, change management and building teams that achieve great results. Since his inception as an entrepreneur, Gleeson has been featured on many business podcasts and local and national news and TV channels such as CNBC, Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC, TMZ and the Discovery Channel. He has also starred in several reality shows such as Discovery Channel’s ‘One Man Army’ and Mark Burnett’s NBC primetime hit ‘Stars Earn Stripes.’ For ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ Gleeson and several other special operations professionals – including the late Chris Kyle (former teammate and “American Sniper”) – were selected out of two thousand candidates to be paired with celebrities to compete and raise money for charities like Wounded Warrior Project and Hire Our Heroes. Gleeson currently has two TV shows in the works with Mark Owen (former teammate, SEAL Team 6 member, and author of the best-seller ‘No Easy Day’) and CAA, where the focus will be a special operations approach to improving businesses. Gleeson is on the Executive Board of the Navy SEAL Family Foundation and his family is an ambassador family for March of Dimes. He is married with three wonderful children.  Links www.emweekly.com http://www.brentgleesonspeaker.com Linked In: linkedin.com/in/brentgleeson-takingpoint Twitter: brentgleeson [email protected] Advertisers www.titanhst.com

Zello is about voice communication without calls, instant messaging without typing. That is that Zello does voice communication uses less bandwidth than phone, just like a text. So instant two way communication works when cell phones may not. Group communication with Zello is just as easy — everybody participates at his own pace and the entire group stays tuned, without interrupting their normal activity. Public safety services use this method for ages and there is a good reason for that. It simply works. Zello is based on p2p-architecture, which allows scaling easily, and proprietary protocols optimized for real-time communication over low-bandwidth and high-latency connections such as GPRS or EDGE  Links www.emweekly.com www.titanhst.com www.zello.com Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2478568/ Twitter: @zello http://blog.basecampconnect.com/english/3-emergency-managers-you-should-follow-on-linkedin-part-2

At the Southern California Earthquake Center Mark communicates earthquake knowledge to the general public, decision makers, engineers, and others in order to increase earthquake awareness, reduce economic losses, and save lives. To do this Mark 1) coordinates productive interactions among SCEC scientists and with partners in science, engineering, risk management, government, business, and education; 2) manage activities that increase earthquake knowledge and science literacy at all educational levels; 3) lead efforts to improve earthquake hazard and risk assessments; and 4) promote earthquake preparedness, mitigation, and planning for response and recovery.  Many of these efforts are in coordination with members of the Earthquake Country Alliance, a statewide California private-public partnership of organizations that provide earthquake information and services, for which he is Executive Director. In this role he is the lead organizer of the Great California ShakeOut, an annual earthquake drill with millions of participants throughout the state that began in 2008.  Beginning in 2010 Mark led efforts to replicate the ShakeOut in other states and countries. Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills now are held throughout the United States and its territories, as well as Japan, New Zealand, Canada, and elsewhere. SCEC staff and an "army" of USC students manage the websites and resources for all ShakeOut drills (except Japan). In 2014 more than 26.4 million people worldwide participated (see www.ShakeOut.org) Links www.emweekly.com www.titanhst.com www.shakeout.org www.earthquakecountry.org

Kathryn Miles is an acclaimed journalist and writer-in-residence for Green Mountain College, as well as a faculty member for Chatham University’s MFA program. With a B.A. in Philosophy from St. Louis University and a PhD in English from the University of Delaware, Kate is also a scholar-in-residence for the Maine Humanities Council and a member of the Terrain.org editorial board. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays, Popular Mechanics, Outside, and The New York Times. ABOUT QUAKELAND   A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It’s a road trip full of surprises.   Earthquakes. You need to worry about them only if you’re in San Francisco, right? Wrong. We have been making enormous changes to subterranean America, and Mother Earth, as always, has been making some of her own. . . . The consequences for our real estate, our civil engineering, and our communities will be huge because they will include earthquakes most of us do not expect and cannot imagine—at least not without reading Quakeland. Kathryn Miles descends into mines in the Northwest, dissects Mississippi levee engineering studies, uncovers the horrific risks of an earthquake in the Northeast, and interviews the seismologists, structual engineers, and emergency managers around the country who are addressing this ground shaking threat.   As Miles relates, the era of human-induced earthquakes began in 1962 in Colorado after millions of gallons of chemical-weapon waste was pumped underground in the Rockies. More than 1,500 quakes over the following seven years resulted. The Department of Energy plans to dump spent nuclear rods in the same way. Evidence of fracking’s seismological impact continues to mount. . . . Humans as well as fault lines built our “quakeland”.   What will happen when Memphis, home of FedEx’s 1.5-million-packages-a-day hub, goes offline as a result of an earthquake along the unstable Reelfoot Fault? FEMA has estimated that a modest 7.0 magnitude quake (twenty of these happen per year around the world) along the Wasatch Fault under Salt Lake City would put a $33 billion dent in our economy. When the Fukushima  reactor melted down, tens of thousands were displaced. If New York’s Indian Point nuclear power plant blows, ten million people will be displaced. How would that evacuation even begin? Kathryn Miles’ tour of our land is as fascinating and frightening as it is irresistibly compelling. Links www.emweekly.com www.titanhst.com www.thegreatshakeout.org kathrynmiles.net https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318536/quakeland-by-kathryn-miles/9780525955184/ LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/kathryn-miles-bab79361 Twitter @Kathryn_Miles

Anna Cave, formerly of California experienced her first hurricane and evacuated. With little knowledge of what was ahead for her and her family. Anna keep her spirits up and reported from the disaster zone. This is Anna’s Story of survival and the aftermath of Harvey. Links Anna Cave linkedin.com/in/anna-cave-56018612 www.emweekly.com www.titanhst.com www.thegreatshakeout.org

Jeff Schlegelmilch is the Deputy Director for the National Center for Disaster Preparedness. His areas of expertise includes public health preparedness, community resilience and the integration of private and public sector capabilities. Some topics of past work include developing inter-organizational processes for operational epidemiological modeling, evacuation and sheltering planning for people with medical dependencies, and adapting business intelligence systems for disaster response and recovery operations. He has advised local, state and federal leaders on preparedness programs and policies and has briefed congressional staff on key preparedness legislation and funding areas. He frequently serves as a subject matter expert source for the media and is an expert Contributor for The Hill. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from UMASS Amherst in Health Policy and Management, and a Master’s in Business Administration from Quinnipiac University. Links   Twitter: @jeffschlegel @DisasterPolitic   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-schlegelmilch-480576b/

The DPA helps local businesses and civic organizations better prepare for emergencies. The DPA is designed to be interactive and informational through three main sessions and more than 20 workshops.   2017 DPA General Session speakers are:   Brad Kieserman, Vice President, Disaster Operations & Logistics, American Red Cross David Ono, Anchor, ABC7 Los Angeles Mark Benthien, Global Coordinator, Great ShakeOut Drills     Workshop sessions are led by industry experts on topics such as active shooters, earthquakes, evacuation planning, school and university preparedness, business preparedness and resiliency planning, drills and exercises, and more.   To contact DPA organizers, please email [email protected] or call (714) 481-5341 http://www.redcross.org/news/event/local/california/desert-to-the-sea/33rd-Annual-Disaster-Preparedness-Academy

Since her early years as a Girl Scout, Heather has always sought to make a difference. After graduating college, she served our country with 23 years of distinguished Naval service. Dedicated to self-improvement, she obtained masters degrees in Asian studies, conflict resolution, cyber security policy and emergency management while on active duty.  She is qualified as an Associate Emergency Manager (AEM) and is currently working on a PhD in Public Policy and Administration / Emergency Management focusing specifically on childcare recovery. 
As a working parent of two, she became aware of just how much of a gap existed in emergency preparedness and recovery training and resources for childcare providers and vowed to use her experiences, education, and more importantly, motivation, to help improve current limitations.  Her desire to bridge the gap between emergency management and childcare communities culminated in the founding of BLOCKS, a nonprofit with a mission to help keep our children safe by preparing childcare for disaster. She also founded Train 4 Safety Press and publishes picture books teaching young children what to do in the event of disaster.Links  Links linkedin.com/in/heather-beal-aem http://train4safety.com/  http://www.blocksusa.org/early-prepare.html

Vince Davis is a seasoned independent consultant with extensive experience in emergency management planning, training, crisis management, community relations, program management and development.  Davis is a U.S. Military Veteran, dedicated to changing outcomes for disaster affected communities, including 23-years U.S. Air Force, Air and Army National Guard, and emergency management roles at FEMA , American Red Cross, Walgreens Co., and Sony. Vince has also done extensive work in underserved communities including training and preparedness planning, with tribal-community partners, community organizations, and veterans. Links  http://www.preparednessmatters.net/ [email protected] Twitter:  VinceDavis7 Vince Davis is a seasoned independent consultant with extensive experience in emergency management planning, training, crisis management, community relations, program management and development.  Davis is a U.S. Military Veteran, dedicated to changing outcomes for disaster affected communities, including 23-years U.S. Air Force, Air and Army National Guard, and emergency management roles at FEMA , American Red Cross, Walgreens Co., and Sony. Vince has also done extensive work in underserved communities including training and preparedness planning, with tribal-community partners, community organizations, and veterans. Links  http://www.preparednessmatters.net/ [email protected] Twitter:  VinceDavis7

As a professional tall ship sailor in the U.S. Coast Guard, he learned the intricacies of literally hundreds of moving pieces working together. That experience brought about the formal organization of volunteers around a topsail ketch in Southern California as he became Commodore of Friends of Argus,   In his litigation career, with more than 35 years experience as resolution specialist guiding over 4,000 businesses through the litigation process, if a case from his firm was resolvable before trial, it was resolved. Specialties were Eminent Domain, Construction, and IRS assistance. The national credential of Certified Paralegal further assured clients of an attention to detail that helped move their case forward. That work required digging into a client’s business at an intimate level that brought insights to its weakness and operational needs so that potential future litigation was mitigated. Working as a volunteer in the Santa Ana Urban Area for the DHS Urban Area Strategic Initiative brought amazing and rewarding success in bringing businesses together to help each other. Several business people realized that as responsible business-people their purpose is to help themselves until First Responders arrive.  On 9/11/2008, with the help and encouragement of several leaders, Bill established BERT – Emergency Operations Management. With his innate ability and experience to bond with all sizes of businesses and all levels of management, the common description is one of "..making the material come alive” He is a nationally certified Emergency Operations Professional from ACAC.org.    BERT Supports Safety teams inside any company or organization to implement and expand their influence to develop a culture of safety using state of the art technology in APPs and training programs.  Using EMERGALINK, companies can tie themselves together to help each other in any systemic emergency. BERT has grown into a strong, viable resource for OSHA compliance and VPP designated companies. BERT’s parent company is a Disabled Veteran Owned Business Enterprise designated by the State of California.  Bill is the father of four and grandfather of three girls.  He lives with his wife, Holly in Orange, California. Links  linkedin.com/in/wfcunningham bertinc.org  (844) 808-3834 [email protected]