Looking for an entertaining, informative or engaging speaker to entertain and regale your group with stories from the campaign trail, battles won and lost, or the inside scoop on the state of American politics and what it portends? Book Jay Townsend as your lunch or dinner speaker or to brief your group/organization on the state of political discourse, spheres of influence, the mood of the country and what to expect in the months and years to come as competing forces in the electorate battle for influence at the state and national level. Townsend has lectured on politics and policy at the U.S. Military Academy, the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, scores of colleges and universities and candidate training seminars. He has worked as a consultant, polltaker, speech writer, media producer or persuasion mail specialist in four different Presidential campaigns, dozens of U.S. Senate, Gubernatorial and Congressional races, numerous Mayoral, County Executive, legislative and judicial contests in 25 different states and in more than 300 different campaigns. He has thrice won national awards for his advertising work; Best Television commercial produced for a gubernatorial candidate (1990), Best Persuasion Mail produced in a Presidential Campaign (1996) and Best Newspaper Ad produced in a political campaign (2002). E-mail Jay Townsend today to schedule a speaker for your lunch or dinner banquet, or if you prefer, a small intimate gathering of people who have a need to know and better understand our political system.