Jeffrey Sachs, University Professor, Columbia University and Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist. Professor Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He served as the Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He was appointed as University Professor in 2016 and also serves as Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the Sustainable Development Goals and held the same position under former Secretary-Generals Ban Ki-Moon and Kofi Annan (on the Millennium Development Goals). Professor Sachs is widely considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on sustainable economic development and the fight against poverty. His work on ending poverty, promoting economic growth, fighting hunger and disease, and promoting sustainable environmental practices, has taken him to more than 125 countries with more than 90 percent of the world’s population. For more than a quarter century he has advised dozens of heads of state and governments on economic strategy, in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He has authored three New York Times best sellers in the past 7 years: The End of Poverty, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, and The Price of Civilization. His most recent book is Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair & Sustainable.