Edward Segal is one of the few people to organize a modern-day whistle-stop campaign train tour.

He served as a campaign manager, press secretary, and aide to Democratic and Republican presidential and congressional candidates. He has written about the history of the trains for the Washington Post, Roll Call, Washington Journalism Review, and the American Political Items Collectors.

Segal is the bestselling author of the award-winning book Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2020), which was translated into Chinese.

He’s a Leadership Strategy Senior Contributor for Forbes.com, where millions of people have read his stories; a freelance journalist whose articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and other major publications; and host of the Crisis Ahead and Crisis Management Minute podcasts.