Jeffrey Sachs

Jeffrey Sachs is an American economist whose 2005 book THE END OF POVERTY was a New York Times bestseller and is highly regarded as the guidebook to ending global poverty. He is known for his work as an economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa.

Joan Holmes, founding president of The Hunger Project and a member of the UN Millennium Project Hunger Task Force, is one of the world’s most experienced and effective leaders in international development, and the foremost voice for the inextricable link between women and ending hunger.

Lynne Twist is an activist who has dedicated her life to global initiatives that serve the best instincts in all of us. She has spent more than three decades working in leadership positions with organizations to address: ending world hunger, improving health, economic, and political conditions for women and children and creating a sustainable future for all life. Her book, THE SOUL OF MONEY, is a wise and inspiring exploration of the connection between money and leading a fulfulling life.

Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi banker who developed the concept of micro-credit/micro-finance and is also the founder of Grameen Bank. In 2006, Yunus and the bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below." They are responsible for bringing millions out of poverty.

Josette Sheeran is the eleventh Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) where she is responsible for managing the world’s largest humanitarian organization which includes a worldwide organization of nearly 11,000 people. WFP provides emergency food aid to the world’s hungry as well as addresses the causes of chronic hunger.

Peter Singer is an Australian philosopher who has written many books, including PRACTICAL ETHICS; THE EXPANDING CIRCLE; HOW ARE WE TO LIVE?, THE WAY WE EAT (WITH JIM MASON) AND MOST RECENTLY, THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE. In his most recent book, he suggests a new public standard for a minimum that we should expect people to give to people living in extreme poverty.

Shannon Daley-Harris is the co-author of the book, OUR DAY TO END POVERTY, which invites its reader to look at a 24-hour period in their lives and to begin thinking about poverty in new and creative ways. She has served as the Director of Religious Affairs for the Children's Defense Fund and is married to Sam Daley-Harris, the founder of RESULTS.ORG.

Sam Daley-Harris is the founder of RESULTS.ORG, an international citizens' lobby dedicated to creating the political will to end hunger and poverty. He is also the founder and President of RESULTS Educational Fund and organized the Microcredit Summit held in Washington DC in 1997 which launched a plan to reach 100 million of the world's poorest families with credit for self-employement and other financial aid business services.