Robert Egger

Robert Egger is the Founder and President of the DC Central Kitchen. At the Kitchen, food donated by regional foodservice businesses is used to fuel the Kitchen´s nationally recognized culinary arts job training program, where unemployed men and women learn marketable skills while donations are converted into balanced meals.

In Washington, Robert Chairs the Mayor´s Commission on Nutrition and Street Sense, Washington´s "homeless´ newspaper. He is also on the Board of the Food Systems Leadership Institute, which is based at UNC in Chapel Hill, NC and RESULTS. He was the Co-Convener of the Nonprofit Congress, held in Washington DC in 2006.

Robert was included in the Non Profit Times' list of the "50 Most Powerful and Influential Nonprofit Leaders of 2006". He is also the recipient of the 2005 Volunteers of America Community Service award and the 2004 James Beard Foundations Humanitarian of the Year award. He has also been named an Oprah Angel, a Washingtonian of the Year, a Point of Light and one of the Ten Most Caring People in America, by the Caring Institute. He is also a 13-gallon donor to the American Red Cross.

Robert´s book on the non-profit sector, Begging for Change, The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient and Rewarding For All, was released in 2004 by HarperCollins. It was recently awarded the 2005 McAdams Prize for "Best Nonprofit Management Book" by the Alliance for Nonprofit Management.