By R.V. Baugus While I often wheeze along on fumes trying to get some extra kick or as we like to call it here in the south, “some pep in my step,” I am often amazed at my IAVM colleague Mark Herrera and the rather — shall we say — ambitious schedule that he lo

By R.V. Baugus SmartMeetings.com featured an article entitled “The New Corona Reality” that among its contributors to the story included Mark Herrera, IAVM Director of Education and Life Safety. Herrera joined expert voices from various sectors including hotels, transporta

By Mark Herrera The reality of the event industry is one of unrelentingly disruptive change. This change is happening at an unprecedented pace. Venues of all types must successfully adapt and operate under a set of rules and expectations that are constantly in flux based on the curren

By R.V. Baugus When IAVM Director of Education and Life Safety Mark Herrera is not on the road he is … wait, isn’t Mark Herrera always on the road? Well, not so much now as Herrera — like pretty much the rest of us during the current pandemic — is doing his best to b

By R.V. Baugus Mark Herrera, IAVM Director of Education and Life Safety, is a leading face and voice at IAVM regarding the Association’s heavy involvement in working with governmental entities as well as member venues to help work through the current pandemic and work toward bri