|
Robert Egger is a nonprofit leader, author, speaker and activist. He founded the DC Central Kitchen, a nationally recognized "community kitchen" that collects leftover food from hospitality businesses and farms, and uses it to fuel a culinary arts job training program and provide meals to local service agencies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-egger/ )〕 He is also the founder of Campus Kitchens Project, CForward and L.A. Kitchen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LA Kitchen )〕 == Career == During the 1980s, Egger managed nightclubs around Washington DC. Inspired by a volunteer experience feeding the needy, he founded the DC Central Kitchen in 1989, and served as the organization's president for 24 years. Egger founded the Campus Kitchens Project, a membership organization for community kitchens on college campuses across the country, as an offshoot of DC Central Kitchen in 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.campuskitchens.org/files/CKPAR2011.pdf )〕 In 2002, Egger served as interim director of the United Way National Capital Area for a year to reorganize the organization's executive leadership after accusations of financial mismanagement. Egger stepped down from his position at DC Central Kitchen in January 2013 to launch L.A. Kitchen in Los Angeles, CA. The AARP Foundation pledged $1 million over three years to help Egger start the L.A. Kitchen, which will be based on the model of DC Central Kitchen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/press-center/info-12-2012/AARP-Foundation-Announces-Million-Dollar-Partnership-with-Nonprofit-Start-Up-LA-Kitchen-in-Effort-to-Fight-Older-Adult-Hunger.html )〕 Egger is currently the Founder and President of CForward, an advocacy organization that champions the economic role nonprofits and promotes candidates committed to strengthening nonprofits. Egger also serves on the board of Back On My Feet, The Philanthropic Collaborative, and World Central Kitchen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-egger/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Egger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|