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One of the main goals of the Disaster Tough Podcast is to stay current regarding issues facing the world of emergency response, and overall leadership.

Today's episode is no different as we tackle the continuing problem of drugs entering the U.S. with longtime DEA Agent, Chip Cooke.  

Chip has been with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for nearly 25 years, and currently serves in the role of Assistant Special Agent in Charge. 

Before joining the DEA, Chip also served as a US Border Patrol Agent.  

As such, he is well acquainted with the issues facing the country when it comes to drugs making it across the border and into the United States.  

In this episode, he and host John Scardena discuss more on this issue, and how effective leadership principles apply to fighting the war on drugs at the border, and Emergency Management as a whole.

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Sometimes our passion grows from facing our fears. Today's guest in the Disaster Tough Podcast, Rob Dale, relates to this sentiment.

Rob Dale is an Emergency Manager, Meteorologist, and Adjunct Professor based in Ingham County, Michigan.

After a formative incident in his youth involving a major weather event, Rob worked toward becoming one who helps others know what to expect and what to do in major weather incidents. He started his career as a broadcast meteorologist in Lansing, Michigan for the CBS affiliate, WLNS.

After 10 years, he moved to Regional Planning and Emergency Management in the public and private sectors.

As the Deputy Emergency Manager for Ingham County, he has dealt with ice storms, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and other major incidents.

He has also acted as a liaison for incidents affecting the surrounding area including Lansing, Dehli Township, and Michigan State University.

In this episode, he and host John Scardena discuss various topics relating to effective leadership and Emergency Management in times of disaster, including mass notifications, weather concerns, and a variety of other topics.

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In disaster readiness and response, experience may be the most necessary, but also unfortunate attribute needed. 

This week's guest in the Disaster Tough Podcast, Jake Babb has recently lived this reality.

As the Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist for Omaha Public Power, Jake was responsible for ensuring safety and business continuity during the recent tornadoes in the area. 

In this episode, Jake shares the best practices that the Omaha Public Power District has learned for dealing with the various weather and disaster events that the state sees. 

He also shares how his perspective on disaster readiness and mitigations has evolved over the years as he has transitioned from the military to the local power district. 

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Even those who protect us need protection.  

John Conklin knows this well and with more than 30 years of experience as an Emergency Management practitioner, he works hard every day to ensure that the dedicated men and women at the highest levels of government are in good hands and well-protected.

John is the Branch Chief of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency.  As such, he is in charge of the Emergency Management Division Operations, Plans, and Preparedness overseeing the safety and security of The Pentagon.

He has also worked in Emergency Preparedness and readiness with other government agencies including the USDA and FEMA, along with County Administration on two occasions.

In this episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast, Branch Chief Conklin talks about the leadership lessons he has learned from those at the highest levels of government that he works to keep safe.  

He also passes down wisdom to those looking to diversify and move to the next level in their careers.

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It's been said that three is a crowd, but four is a party.  

This week's episode of the Disaster Tough Podcast lives up to that moniker as four Emergency "Momagers" get together to discuss balancing the demands of motherhood and successful Emergency Management careers.  

Whether it's raising young children, young adults, or even the single-motherhood perspective, Ashley Lauria-Golden, Vanessa Flores, Cori Smith, and Michelle Chechowski bring varying life experiences to this insightful and entertaining discussion on the connections between motherhood and Emergency Management.

Ashley Lauria-Golden brings more than a decade's experience to the field of Emergency Management and response working mainly in Georgia.  As she has transitioned to the role of mother to a young toddler, she has been able to continue to work more on the subject matter expert side of Emergency Management both for Doberman Emergency Management and recently for the Lafayette Group.  

Vanessa Flores has a 9-year-old daughter and currently serves as the Deputy Director of Emergency Management at UC Irvine in California.  Before that, Vanessa spent more than a decade as an Emergency Management professional in the US Air Force.  

Cori Smith also spent time in Emergency Management with the Air Force before eventually landing in her current role as the Executive Director of Enterprise Resiliency for Wells Fargo.  She is also the mother of children of varying ages.

Michelle Chechowski serves as the Director of Emergency Preparedness for the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, the Executive Director and Symposium Lead for the Florida HazMat Symposium, and works as an Instructor of upper-level classes at the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM).  Her children are in their teens and are either in college or their last years of high school.  

Does work-life balance exist?  Does working in Emergency Management make you a better mother, or is it the other way around?  How do you stay present for your child(ren) in this increasingly connected world?  

All of these questions and more are answered in this special Mother's Day edition of the Disaster Tough Podcast.  

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“They are a mile ahead” is a common way to describe when someone is doing things more effectively than others.

In Colorado, this saying is true every day just by their location.  The way they operate their Emergency Management and readiness efforts is another way they make this statement come to fruition.

Under the guidance of Director Michael Willis for the past six years, the department has had to deal with disasters and emergencies of all varieties, from the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 to a major cybersecurity breach of the Department of Transportation in 2018, and various wildfires and other major weather events.

As a Retired Brigadier General in the US Air Force, Director Willis brings an extensive background to his role as Colorado’s Director of Emergency Management.  Before retirement from the military, Brig. Gen. Willis was deployed in Desert Storm, Bosnia, and Iraq along with multiple years in the National Guard.  

In this episode, he shares the leadership lessons he has learned over his decorated career in the military and the public sector.  

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