Ms. Jessica Espey
Associate Director of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Ms. Espey is the Associate Director of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and head of its New York office. Prior to joining SDSN, Jessica served as a special adviser on the post-2015 agenda within the Office of the President of Liberia, supporting the work of The High Level Panel of Eminent Persons (of which President Sirleaf was co-chair) and the development of the Common African Position on the Post-2015 Agenda. Ms. Espey holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Modern History from the University of Oxford and a Masters of Sciences in the Political Economy of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Over the past 9 years she has lived and worked in the UK, US, Liberia, Kenya and Rwanda.