Leading Cities Through Crisis: Lessons from the Boston Marathon

Leading Cities Through Crisis: Lessons From the Boston Marathon demonstrated how leaders could create “ready and resilient communities” equipped to both respond to and recover from crises. This one-day event brought together the diverse leaders who shepherded the City of Boston and the region through the aftermath of the Boston Marathon attacks, together with those impacted by that day. Speakers discussed the planning and preparedness efforts that preceded the attack, the security, medical, media, business, and government response and lessons learned, as well as the mechanisms Boston deployed to get back to business and heal as a community…MORE