By Mary Klida Karen Totaro, CVE, general manager for Huntington Place/ASM Global, announced the rollout of new public safety and security measures starting with the Nov. 4 all staff International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) Venue Safety and Security Training. Mark Herrera, di

By R.V. Baugus Recently, IAVM Director of Safety and Security traveled to Moline, Il. to lead a session on that subject matter for the staff of the Vibrant Arena under the leadership of Scott Mullen, CVE. If your venue has not yet taken advantage of this opportunity to have the very b

By R.V. Baugus Mark Herrera, IAVM’s Director of Safety and Security, has trained more than 400 venues and organizations in various facets including Situational Awareness (Mitigating Risk Through Guest Services), De-Escalation Training for Frontline Teams, Active Threat/Active Sh

By R.V. Baugus and Office of the Governor IAVM Director of Safety & Security Mark Herrera served on Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Task Force on Concert Safety that was formed last November 10 in response to the tragedy at Astroworld Festival in Houston that killed 10 concert

By R.V. Baugus and Smart Meetings IAVM is pleased to announce that our very own Director of Safety & Security Mark Herrera was honored recently in receiving a Catalyst Momentum Award from Smart Meetings. “I received this award but I’ll always call it a team effort,