Guest Speaker - Justin Fornal - Explorer, Author, Extreme Athlete

Justin Fornal is an international explorer and cultural detective.  In June of 2018, he was listed as the '#3 most adventurous person in the world right now' by Men's Journal.  He is a Co-Founder of the History, Arts, & Science Action Network (HASAN), a non-profit organization focusing on relic repatriation, historical justice, and documenting vanishing cultures.

Fornal is currently the host of UNEXPLAINED AND UNEXPLORED, an exploration series that solves mysteries using ancient maps and cutting-edge technology.  The program has been airing on the Discovery Channel and Science Channel since 2019.

Fornal is a SATWF Lowell Thomas Award-winning writer who has written extensively for National Geographic, VICE, The Explorers Journal, Parts Unknown, and Roads & Kingdoms. In 2016 he tracked down the lost skull of African American enslaved rebellion leader Nat Turner and repatriated it to the Turner descendants.  The relic had been missing since 1831.