As a youth, Wolfram spent summers fighting California wildfires along the freeways.
[2] Wolfram's public policy experience includes serving as Congressman Nick Smith's Chief of Staff, Michigan's Deputy State Treasurer for Taxation and Economic Policy under John Engler, and Senior Economist to the Republican Senate in Michigan.
[3] In 2007, after publicly supporting Mitt Romney's run for presidency, the campaign publicly supported Wolfram, stating "Wolfram has an excellent reputation as an economist...I'm proud to have his endorsement and his counsel as our campaign moves forward.
His publications include Towards a Free Society: An Introduction to Markets and the Political System and several works on Michigan's tax structure and other public policy issues.
He is a current member and past chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lake Superior State University and has served as a member of Michigan's State Board of Education, the Michigan Enterprise Zone Authority, the Michigan Strategic Fund Board, and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority Board.