Cástulo de la Rocha is the president and CEO of AltaMed Health Services Corporation in Los Angeles. A community health leader for 27 years, he has served on the boards of L.A.Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California, as regional chair of the Surgeon General's Hispanic/Latino Health Initiative, and as a member of the Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital Foundation board. He is also a board member for the Latino Issues Forum; AIDS ACTION; the "I Have a Dream Foundation;" and the National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. (NACHC). Additionally, Mr. de la Rocha is an executive committee member of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California.
Mr. de la Rocha's dedication and success in providing affordable and accessible health care to Latinos and the underserved has earned him national recognition in the community health field and many commendations, including the U.S. Surgeon General's Gold Medallion for Public Health in 1992; the Community Service Award in 1995 from the American Diabetes Association; the Significant Achievement Award in 1995 from the Chicanos for Creative Medicine; and the VNA Vantage Award in 1996 from the Visiting Nurses Foundation. He holds a Juris Doctorate from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Certificate in Management from Stanford University.