Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Sachs
A member of the Baku Dialogues Editorial Advisory Council, University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, SDG Advocate for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres, and Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development. From 2001‑2018, he served as Special Advisor to three consecutive UN Secretaries‑General (Kofi Annan, 2001‑2007; Ban Ki‑moon, 2008‑2016; and António Guterres, 2017‑2018). He served as Director of the Earth Institute from 2002 to 2016, having spent over twenty years as a professor at Harvard University, most recently as the Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade. He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard and has authored and edited numerous books, including several New York Times bestsellers. In 2019, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in public policy and economics from ADA University.
