Wilford Welch's career has been devoted to understanding and taking action to address global challenges - as a U.S. diplomat in Asia, a professor of international business, the publisher of a world affairs publication and as an international business consultant. In 2004 he co-founded the Quest for Global healing initiative which brings thousands of people together from around the world every other year to help transform their concerns over environmental and social challenges into concrete initiatives. Wilford has degrees from Yale, Harvard and the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in Sausalito, California.