Keynote and Corporate Speaker

Michael J. Reinhart possesses the rare combination of "real world" leadership experience, academic credentials and "out there, off the map" expeditions into the world's wild places. He has gained further insight into what it takes to excel in critical situations from five seasons interviewing some of the world's best explorers and adventurers in his role as podcast host on Whiskey and a Map. Experience, education and scars have imbued Michael with resilience earning him a reputation of being cool under pressure. A mindset and skill he wishes to share with others.

Adventure journalist, podcast host and public speaker.

As a speaker, Michael empowers leaders with the mindset, principles and tools possessed by successful explorers to excel in times of crises.

Michael travels to the world’s wild places to experience the people, cultures and wildlife that live there and bring back their stories. His travels have taken him into the jungles of Borneo and Cambodia, the highlands of Guatemala, across Europe, and among the villages of Kenya. Whether it is a remote Mayan village in Southern Mexico or the streets of Istanbul, Michael possesses an ability to connect with people bridging cultural differences and finding common understanding and respect.

The highly rated podcast Whiskey and a Map hosted by Michael features stories of adventure and exploration as told by those who lived them. Through these interviews with some of the world’s best adventurers, Michael has gained insight into the making of a successful expedition leader.

A rare combination of leadership experience in both government and expeditions, Michael has earned a reputation for being cool in the face of a crises. His leadership highlights include:

· •Lead prosecutor in case against the Hells Angels motorcycle gang successfully obtaining the first conviction of its kind under the state’s criminal street gang statutes.

 •Team captain/chief navigator of the Adventure Racing team that won the Four Winds Adventure Racing Series.

· •American Alpine Institutes Alpine Mountaineering and Technical Leadership course 

· •Establishing field medical clinics and other projects with Rotary International in Guatemala.

· •Assisting an NGO in running temporary dental clinics in rural Kenya.

· •Board member of the United Way Kings County.

· •President of Rotary Club of Hanford.

· •Chief Deputy of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office overseeing all operations.

Michael is an adventure journalist and host of the podcast Whiskey and a Map. Michael travels to the world’s wild places to experience the people, cultures and wildlife that live there and bring back their stories. His travels have taken him into the jungles of Borneo and Cambodia, the highlands of Guatemala, across Europe, and among the villages of Kenya. Whether it is a remote Mayan village in Southern Mexico or the streets of Istanbul, Michael possesses an ability to connect with people bridging cultural differences and finding common understanding and respect.

Michael is a former Adventure Racer and mountaineer. He became a certified scuba diver at the young age of 13 and now holds rescue diver qualifications. He has dived on reefs, wrecks and in kelp bed forests in many of the world’s oceans. His passions run deep with the sea and in the high mountains and it is there where he feels most at home.