Boards of Directors, Advisory Councils, Steering Committees: We’ve all heard about these forms of volunteer leadership before, but what do they really mean, and how do they help bring about social change?

Join us to hear Eli Winkelman question Robert Eggers, Gabriela Schneider, and Shelley Moskowitz about the different ways they contribute to changing the world. You’ll find out the most valued qualities they look for in board members and advisers, and how to find the right place for you to share your skills.

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. Robert has been on the Non Profit Times "50 Most Powerful and Influential Nonprofit Leaders" list in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Gabriela Schneider is the Communications Director of the Sunlight Foundation. She has co-directed Net2SquaredDC: Where social change and technology Meetup.

Shelley Moskowitz is the board chair at Jews United for Justice and the manager of public policy at Unitarian Universalists Service Committee.  She began her career as a public interest advocate working with Neighbor to Neighbor, a California-based national grassroots organization. During the Campaign to Stop Contra Aid in the 1980s, she lobbied congressional swing votes. Later, she helped build a bloc in Congress to support a negotiated peace in El Salvador.  Shelley's focus shifted to domestic health care justice issues during the 1990s. She played an important role in the grassroots movement for national health insurance and against health care privatization.

Moderated by Eli Winkelman!

When Eli started at Scripps College in Claremont, CA, she had just spent a year in Israel and the semester before that interning in Washington, DC. Shabbat and food were the constants that helped her adjust to the new college environment -- so she started baking challah and soon realized there was a huge demand for this delicious bread. Challah for Hunger was born in the fall of 2004.

With the success of Challah for Hunger in Claremont, students at other campuses became interested in the program; there are now more than 20 chapters. Together, the chapters have donated more than $100,000 to humanitarian aid in less than five years. Eli has been involved in politics, at the local and national levels, working in both campaigns and legislative offices.