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 President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund
Timothy E. Wirth is President of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund. These organizations were founded in 1998 through a major financial commitment from R.E. Turner to support and strengthen the work of the United Nations. In this role, he has organized and led the formulation of the Foundation's mission and program priorities, which include the environment, women and population, children's health and peace, security and human rights.
Senator Wirth began his political career as a White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in the Nixon Administration. In 1970, he returned to his home state and successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Colorado's 2nd Congressional District from 1975-1987. In the House, he concentrated his efforts in the areas of communications technology and budget policy. In 1986, Senator Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate where he focused on environmental issues, especially global climate change and population stabilization. He chose not to run for re-election.
Following those two decades of elected politics, Senator Wirth served in the U.S. Department of State as the first Undersecretary for Global Affairs from 1993 to 1997. In this position, he coordinated U.S. foreign policy in the areas of refugees, population, environment, science, human rights and narcotics. He is a graduate of Harvard College and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. The recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, he also served as a Member of the Harvard Board of Overseers.
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