Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 7 PM

Please join us for this free and open event. Everyone is welcome, not just CFWAC members.

Mount Vernon Canyon Club at 24933 Club House Drive, Golden, CO

Robert Egger

DC Central KitcheN

Robert Egger is lifelong “power of food” champion, and the originator of the Community Kitchen movement. Currently, he is a member of the inaugural cohort of the U.S. State Department’s Culinary Corp. In addition, he is the founder of the DC Central Kitchen, the Campus Kitchen Project, and the L.A. Kitchen. He is also a Founding Board Member of The World Central Kitchen with Jose Andres.Collectively, these organizations have produced over 400 million meals and helped thousands of individuals attain foodservice jobs. He was also the founding Chair of the Washington, DC Mayor’s Commission on Nutrition, and Street Sense (Washington’s homeless newspaper).

On the national stage, Robert was the Co-Convener of the first Nonprofit Congress, and the Founder of CFoward, which advocated for the recognition of the economic role that nonprofits play in every community. A constant innovator, open-source advocate and thought leader, he wrote, “Begging for Change”, which won the Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s McAdams Prize in 2004 for its advancement of the nonprofit sector.

Robert is an international speaker, who has received dozens of acknowledgments over the years for his ideas and work, including being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Washington Restaurant Association, being named a Point of Light by President H.W. Bush, an Oprah Angel, and the James Beard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year. He was also the only direct service provider to appear on the Nonprofit Times list of the Most Powerful & Influential Nonprofit Leaders from 2006-2009. And finally, Robert is a 15-gallon blood donor with the American Red Cross.