| Robert Egger | Robert Egger is the Founder and President of the DC Central Kitchen, the nation’s first "community kitchen", where unemployed men and women learn marketable culinary skills while donated food is converted into balanced meals. Since opening in 1989, the DCCK has distributed over 20 million meals and helped 700 men and women gain full-time employment. Robert served as the Co-Convener of the first Nonprofit Congress in 2006, and was the founding Chair of the Mayor's Commission on Nutrition, and Street Sense, Washington’s "homeless" newspaper. Robert has been on the Non Profit Times "50 Most Powerful and Influential Nonprofit Leaders" list in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He was the recipient of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington's 2007 "Lifetime Achievement" award and the 2004 James Beard Foundation "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 14-gallon blood donor to the American Red Cross. Robert's book on the non-profit sector, Begging for Change, received the 2005 McAdam Prize for "Best Nonprofit Management Book" by the Alliance for Nonprofit Management. Robert currently leads the V3 Campaign, which educates politicians to the economic contributions of America's nonprofit sector. Robert speaks nationally and internationally on hunger and homelessness, social enterprise and nonprofit unity. For a complete list if speaking engagements, or to access Robert’s op-ed, podcasts, videos or blogs, please go to www.robertegger.org. |
| Iara Duarte Peng | Iara Duarte Peng is committed to strengthening progressive infrastructure critical to creating long-term social change. She is particularly interested in helping organizations move from ideas to action by improving their management and organizational development systems. She is the founder of T21, Together in the 21st Century, a national project dedicated to empowering parents of children with Trisomy-21 by equipping them with information and resources. She designed and managed the executive leadership transition at Green For All in 2009 and supported the executive leadership transition at The Tides Foundation in 2008. From 2003-2008, she was the founding Director of Young People For, the premier youth leadership development program that identifies, engages and empowers the newest generation of progressive leaders to create lasting change in their communities. She also serves on the board of the Tides Advocacy Fund, Beatitudes Society, Youth Justice Funding Collaborative and Mario Savio Activist Awards. She serves as an Advisory Board member to several organizations and provides strategic advice to countless grassroots and leadership organizations around the country. Iara is the proud mother of two boys, Isaac (2 1/2 years) and Joshua (6 months). |
| Adrienne Matros | Adrienne is a licensed clinical psychologist currently working at a homeless shelter with pregnant and parenting teenage girls. She also volunteers for many different community organizations including Tarbut V'Torah Jewish Day School, Jewish Community Center of Orange County, Jewish Federation of Orange County and Covenant House California. She has served on numerous non-profit boards that include; Covenant House California, Mary's Shelter, Jewish Community Center of Orange County and Weizmann Day School. She is a native Californian and currently resides in Orange County. |
| Mike Errecart | Mike is a senior strategy manager at Microsoft, where he works on strategy, M&A, and business planing priorities for the Business Division. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mike received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He has also worked at McKinsey as a management consultant and at an outdoor gear startup, GoLite, as marketing and technology manager. Mike grew up in Vermont and loves all forms of outdoor adventure. He serves on the valuation committee of a Vermont-based venture capital firm that focuses on clean technology. Mike also holds a B.S.E. from Princeton University in computer science. |