Katherine Piper
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Katherine Piper has served as Calpine’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since April 2022. In this role, she advises the company’s leadership on legal, regulatory and corporate governance matters, in addition to leading the company’s legal department. Ms. Piper joined the company in January 2012, and most recently served as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. From 2003 through 2011, Ms. Piper practiced at large international law firms, where she represented clients in complex litigation and corporate restructuring matters, including in the energy sector. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Piper also served as a judicial law clerk for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland. Ms. Piper received her law degree from American University, Washington College of Law, where she graduated summa cum laude, and her bachelor’s degree, with high honors, from the University of California, Santa Barbara.