Veteran Public Affairs Expert Tad Segal Returns to Widmeyer Communications
WASHINGTON, DC- Tad Segal has rejoined Widmeyer Communications as senior vice president, heading up Widmeyer’s public affairs practice. Segal first worked for the firm in 1997 as an account manager. At that time, his clients included the United Parcel Service, an organization for which Segal would later serve as Communications Director.
“We are thrilled to welcome Tad back to Widmeyer,” said Joe Clayton, President and CEO of the independent PR firm with offices in Manhattan and Washington, D.C. “His clients clearly appreciated his excellent counsel when he was first with us and we are grateful to have him back. His experience in leading public policy campaigns in both the government and private sector will be invaluable to our firm as we continue the rapid growth of our public affairs work.”
Segal is a communications and governmental affairs professional with more than 17 years of experience specializing in high-visibility, proactive campaigns in the domestic and international arenas. In 2002, Segal founded WinCampaign, LLC, a high-tech political campaign and grassroots management firm serving national, state and local campaigns. His firm went on to achieve one of the highest win-ratios in the industry and was subsequently purchased in 2006 by one of the leading political campaign firms in Washington, DC.
Before founding WinCampaign, Segal served as Communications Director for United Parcel Service in Washington, DC where he was the company’s main spokesman and communications counselor on all domestic and international government relations, crisis communication and corporate issues.
Segal has also spent nearly five years on Capitol Hill where he served as Communications Director to then Majority Whip Sen. Alan Simpson.
Prior to joining Widmeyer, Segal served as senior counsel to Venn Strategies, a DC-based public affairs firm.
Segal will be working out of Widmeyer’s DC office. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island and a master’s degree in public communications from American University in Washington, DC where he also served as an adjunct professor, teaching a master’s level course in political communication.