Van Jones
Van Jones is the special advisor for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Prior to joining CEQ, Jones was founding president of Green For All, a national organization that promotes an inclusive green economy that is strong enough to lift people out of poverty. He is also the co-founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change, two highly innovative social justice organizations. A 1993 Yale Law School graduate, Jones is the author of the 2008 New York Times best-seller, The Green Collar Economy.
