Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, serves as Special Adviser to the U.N. Secretary General on the Millennium Development Goals. As well as writing three New York Times bestselling books, Sachs was described as a “visionary economist, savior of Bolivia, Poland, and other struggling nations, adviser to the U.N. and movie stars” by Vanity Fair. One of his upcoming projects is leading the new Sustainable Development Solutions Network at the U.N.
