Jeffrey Sachs

Jeffrey Sachs serves as a University Professor and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia University in the City of New York since 2002. Jeffrey has held prominent positions as President and Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network since August 2012, and as Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute since June 2016. Sachs has been an SDG Advocate and Special Advisor to multiple UN Secretaries-General since 2002, providing guidance on sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals. Additionally, Sachs is a Distinguished Fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis since 2015 and previously served as Director of The Earth Institute from 2002 to 2016. Educational credentials include a PhD, M.A., and B.A. in Economics from Harvard University, earned between 1972 and 1980.