Heroes: Executive of the Year

Lisa Sauder,
executive director
Bean's Café

When Lisa Sauder arrived at Bean's Café Inc. in 2013, the nonprofit had its hands full. In addition to providing Anchorage, Alaska's homeless population with shelter, small necessities, social services and 800 meals a day, Bean's Café was offering a second program, The Children's Lunchbox, preparing, packaging and delivering 350,000 meals a year to dozens of community programs for kids.