Inducted into the National Association of Community Health Centers’ Grassroots Hall of Fame in 2011, Cástulo de la Rocha maintains a wide range of professional affiliations outside of his responsibilities at the helm of AltaMed Health Services. To this end, he has chaired the Estelle Doheny Eye Hospital’s Community Advisory Committee since 1980 and functions as President of the California Network of Health Providers. Mr. de la Rocha also sits on La Familia Publications’ Board of Directors and oversees an $18 million budget for the Los Angeles Regional Family Planning Council as the organization’s longtime Secretary.
Cástulo de la Rocha received his Juris Doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law in 1975. Additionally, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UC Santa Barbara and a Certificate in Management from Stanford University. Actively engaged in philanthropy, Mr. de la Rocha has devoted a considerable amount of energy to benefit the American Diabetes Association, one of many local and national medical charities he supports.