GET TO KNOW NICK WOLF, The new MEXICO INITIATIVE Fellow at THE PACIFIC COUNCIL

As the Mexico Initiative Fellow, Nick Wolf will help develop projects related to improving U.S.-Mexico bilateral relations from the concept phase to scalable programs with tangible community impact. Initially, Nick is supporting the U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Project, which seeks to advance security cooperation between the two countries using the relationship between migration, armed violence, and cross-border arms trafficking as a point of entry. Over the next year, the project team will research and engage with stakeholders on migration and cross-border arms trafficking, issuing a report in 2023 that will highlight potential opportunities for cooperation and mutual security benefit between the U.S. and Mexico.

In the coming months, Nick will also support the Council’s broader Mexico Initiative, which aims to (1) promote stronger ties between Mexico and the U.S., (2) build awareness on the West Coast regarding the importance of the U.S.-Mexico relationship, and (3) give influential voices in politics, the press, and the business community a more nuanced understanding of Mexico.

Nick has lived and worked in Mexico for more than a decade, starting, growing, and managing businesses and organizations working on economic and community development. He has experience as an entrepreneur in organic and regenerative agriculture and the local food movement, and as a board member for local non-profits in ocean conservation and sustainable food. In addition, Nick has worked as a freelance researcher and contributor to projects at the Economist Intelligence Unit (now Economist Impact) since 2012.

He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Spanish from the University of Missouri as well as MBA and Master of Science in Foreign Service degrees from Georgetown University. Nick served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras from 2006 to 2008 and has also worked and studied in Peru and Spain. Originally from Oklahoma, Nick connected deeply with Mexico after a weeks-long motorcycle trip across the country in 2008, returning to work in the country after finishing graduate school in 2011. In 2021, he started an agroecological farm in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero.