Edward Segal is the nation’s top expert on the history of campaign trains in American politics and one of the few people to have organized a modern-day whistle-stop campaign train tour for a politician. His articles about campaign trains have been published by the Washington Post, Roll Call, and the American Political Items Collectors. Segal is a former press secetary, campaign manager, and aide to Democratic and Republican congressional and presidential candidates in California, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, and Oklahoma. He is a Leadershiip Strategy Senior Contributor for Forbes.com and author of the award-winning and bestselling book, “Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Recover From Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies.” Segal hosts the Crisis Management Minute and Crisis Ahead podcasts. Vist his websites at WhistleStopPolitics.com, PublicRelations.com and EdwardSegal.com.