Peter Hero Joins Calpine Foundation's Board of Directors

Peter Hero Joins Calpine Foundation's Board of Directors
President of Community Foundation Silicon Valley Brings Years of Philanthropic
Service Leadership to Calpine Foundation 


SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The San Jose-based
Calpine Foundation has elected Peter deCourcy Hero to its board of directors.

"We are particularly fortunate to have Peter Hero join our foundation board,"
said Pete Cartwright, Chairman, Calpine Foundation.  "Peter is a true visionary
in helping shape community service in the valley.  His expertise in
philanthropy and vast knowledge of the needs of our Silicon Valley community
will be a real asset to our team."

Hero has served as president of Community Foundation Silicon Valley (CFSV)
since 1989.  Created in 1954 with a gift of $55,000, CFSV now has total assets
of $662 million and has made $77 million in grants this year.  2004 marks the
organization's 50th anniversary of serving the local community.

Prior to CFSV, Peter was president of the Maine College of Art, a four-year
college of art and design.  He holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University
Graduate School of Business, M.A. in art history from Williams College, and
(Honorary) Doctor of Laws from the Maine College of Art.

The San Jose Mercury News recently named Hero "one of the most influential
leaders in Silicon Valley in the last decade."  In November, 2000, Fortune
Magazine noted:  "It is Peter Hero, more than anyone else, who has shown
Silicon Valley how to give ... by channeling the area's distinctive culture
into an unusual brand of charity:  demanding, ambitious, self-conscious,
creative, even risky-everything you'd expect from Silicon Valley."

In addition to the Calpine Foundation board of directors, Hero serves on the
boards of the eBay Foundation, Skoll Foundation, 3-Com Foundation, Stanford
University's Haas Center for Public Service, The Transatlantic Community
Foundation Network, The Entrepreneurs Foundation, The Foundation for a Civil
Society, The National Philanthropic Trust, Public Broadcasting Service,
American Indian Foundation, and Poets & Writers, Inc.

Established in 2002, the Calpine Foundation's mission is to enhance the quality
of life where Calpine's employees live and work.  Nearly $1 million in grants
have been awarded to public benefit corporations throughout the United States
in the foundation's first two years of operation.  In 2004, the foundation
plans to contribute $230,000 to non-profit organizations primarily focused on
providing food, shelter and clothing to those in need living in Calpine's
communities.  For more information about the Calpine Foundation, visit
http://www.calpinefoundation.org/. 

DATASOURCE: Calpine Foundation



CONTACT:  Jan Stewart of Calpine Foundation, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.calpine.com/

http://www.calpinefoundation.org/ 

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