Nicholas Wolfson has traveled and explored in more than 40 countries, and has been all over many of the world's cultures and languages. A graduate of Columbia University in New York, he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in West Africa, and studied the work of Dogon, Bambara, Moorish and Berber craftsmen. He has been a farm worker and a merchant seaman. He served as an interpreter for the U.S. Department of State, worked on the staff of a United States Senator, and has managed businesses in the United States and in England. He resides and paints in New York City, and serves as a Senior Consultant with a major organizational-consulting firm. As a management consultant he helps leaders to challenge their perceived limitations, take risks, embrace change and to perform at their peak effectiveness.