As the co-founder of Chowgirls, one of Minnesota’s first sustainable catering companies, Heidi Andermack has always viewed good service, good company culture, and doing good for the community and environment as business imperatives. Since 2008, four years after Chowgirls’ launch, she and co-founder Amy Brown have grown Chowgirls' revenue at a rate of 10% annually. Today, Chowgirls employs nearly 200. Andermack and Brown were founding partners of Kitchen Coalition, a Second Harvest Heartland program designed to salvage food from closing restaurants, find work for unemployed chefs, and provide meals to people facing hunger. In 2022, Chowgirls hired a “sustainability chef” to organize meals for Kitchen Coalition, manage food waste, and make staff lunches with leftovers. Andermack also champions Juntos, a DEI staff council, to ensure that Chowgirls provides staff resources, collaborates with BIPOC vendors, and expands cultural access to catering and events.