Douglas Gillies interviewed Lois Clark McCoy, President, NIUSR, and Jim Flysik, former Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of the Treasury and Senior Advisor to Governor Ridge in the White House Office of Homeland Security. The topic: "Who's in Charge—Community Leadership following a major urban disaster."

Who's in Charge?

Lois Clark McCoy
Lois and Jim discuss leadership patterns that tend to emerge in a community during an emergency before those who are designated to be in charge take their posts. Who's in charge? What happens before the chain of command goes up? People don't wait passively for help to arrive. They help each other out. They organize into teams. They make life and death decisions. How does it work? Can anything be done that will better prepare civilians? Use the play buttons to listen to this historic interview. To download the audio: right-click "Download MP3." Select: Save or Download.
Lois Clark McCoy

Douglas Gillies


Length: 60 min.