been elected president to more terms (7) than any other president in its 118-year history. As the President of The Explorers Club, he developed and negotiated multi-year partnerships with Rolex, Microsoft, and Discovery Networks to name a few. During his tenure he established the first annual Global Exploration Summit in partnership with the nation of Portugal, which is often referred to as the “Davos of Exploration.” He is also the founder of The Explorers Club 50 - “Fifty people who are changing the world, that the world needs to know about”, as well as the organization’s first Diversity and Inclusion program. He also negotiated a three-book deal with Crowne/Random House. Wiese was invited and spoke at the United Nations on Global Climate change in 2019. He also climbed and sampled Tanzania's volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai and participated in two expeditions to Antarctica to core glaciers for climatological studies. Media Television series Born to Explore with Richard Wiese was one of six original half-hour educational/informational (E/I) programs on Litton's Weekend Adventure. The series aired Saturday mornings on ABC stations in the United States and was distributed internationally on National Geographic by Rive Gauche Television. The series premiered on September 3, 2011 and aired its final show on September 24, 2016. In January 2017, Born to Explore debuted on American Public Television (APT) stations nationwide. In 2012, Wiese won the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration and Journalism and the series received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children's Series. In 2013, Born to Explore was nominated for 2 Daytime Emmys, including Outstanding Travel Program and won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Single Camera Photography. In 2014, the series received 5 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Travel/Adventure series, Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle/Travel Program, Outstanding Directing in a LIfestyle/Culinary Travel Program, Outstanding Writing Special Class, and Outstanding Music Composition and Direction. In 2015, the series was nominated for Outstanding Travel program and Outstanding Writing Special Class and won the Daytime Emmy® for Outstanding Sound Mixing. In 2016, Born to Explore received two nominations for Outstanding Travel and Outstanding Sound Mixing. The series has been honored with the Parents’ Choice Gold Award for teens 13–16, the CINE Golden Eagle and numerous Telly awards. The production team filmed in Botswana, Uganda, Iceland, England, Morocco, Australia, Canada, Hawaii, North Carolina, Chile, Cyprus, South Africa, Namibia, India, British Columbia, and South Dakota. Other locations included Scotland, Indonesia,