Egger founded the DC Central Kitchen in 1989, 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.
Since opening, the kitchen (which is a $12-million-a-year, self-sustaining social enterprise) has produced over 35 million meals and helped 1,500 men and women gain full-time employment.
In addition, Egger founded CForward, an advocacy organization that promoted the economic role that nonprofits play in every community.
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.
Kitchen's founding partner is the AARP Foundation, which gave its first million dollar grant to help establish the model.