NEWS RELEASE

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For Immediate Release
February 23, 2011

For more information:
John Turner
Senior Director of Marketing and Branding
Office: 512-684-2528
Mobile: 512-636-1497
jturner@austinfoodbank.org
jturner@austinfoodbank.org

Capital Area Food Bank Names President & CEO and Chief Development Officer
Hank Perret, Current Interim President, to Stay On and Lead Food Bank

Austin, TX —

The Board of Directors of the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB), announced today the appointment of Hank Perret as the new CAFB President & CEO. Perret has been acting as the Food Bank’s Interim President and CEO since September 2010.

Perret has been a CAFB board member since 2003, and prior to joining the Food Bank was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Communication Products Group for Zarlink Semiconductor.

"We could not be more pleased to have Hank stay and continue to lead the Food Bank team," said Matt Dow, President of CAFB’s Board of Directors. "Hank brings more than 30 years of executive experience in the corporate world and a great passion for ending hunger.  CAFB staff and the Board are very excited about moving forward with Hank at the helm."

"I look forward to continuing to work with the incredibly talented Food Bank staff to fulfill the mission of this organization and to lead the community in ending hunger in Central Texas," said Perret.

Perret also announced the promotion of Joanna Linden to Chief Development Officer from Senior Director of Resource Development. “The Food Bank is very fortunate to have a person of Joanna’s caliber in the role of Chief Development Officer” said Perret.  He continued “her extensive background in fundraising and prior executive experience, brings significant capability to this extremely important role.  I’m very excited to have her in this position and look forward to great accomplishments with Joanna and the entire CAFB team.”

Prior to joining the Food Bank, Linden was the President and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and South Texas. Both appointments are effective immediately.

The mission of the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) is to nourish hungry people and lead the community in ending hunger. Since 1982, CAFB in collaboration with more than 355 partner agencies has been helping Central Texans in need providing healthy food, nutritional program assistance and education, so they can make better choices at mealtime. In the past 12 months, CAFB distributed more than 25 million pounds of food to 300,000 Central Texans in its 21 county service territory. For more information on the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas and its programs, visit www.austinfoodbank.org or call 512/282-2111.

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