Colorado’s PPE Response - Pat Meyers

Frozen global supply chains. Fraudulent practices and price gouging. Frustrations with FEMA. Fear of massive increases in hospitalizations during the flu season – this is what PPE Procurement looks like in a time of a pandemic. Seven months post shut down, Laura Love talks to Pat Meyers, former Chief of Staff to Governor Hickenlooper and appointed by Governor Polis to the State of Colorado’s COVID Innovation Response Team, where he led the team obtaining PPE and other medical supplies, about what it was like navigating this wild fight for PPE in the early months of the pandemic. Meyers was recently awarded one of the eight Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals in 2020 -- one of the highest honors given to citizens and organizations for their significant contributions to our state.