FOR US

Hector De La Torre is the Executive Director of Gateway Cities Council of Governments, a joint powers authority of 27 cities and 11 incorporated areas in southeast LA County with over two million residents. He was also a member of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) protecting our environment for 14 years; a Board Member at LA Care, the largest public nonprofit health plan in the United States with over 2½ million patients, for 10 years (including four as chair); and a Trustee at his alma mater Occidental College in Los Angeles.

Hector served in the California State Assembly for six years, representing the 50th District in Southeast Los Angeles County (about 30% of the new/vacant 41st Congressional District). He chaired the Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Rules Committee and helped create and chaired the Accountability and Administrative Review Committee during his tenure.

After the legislature, Hector directed the Gasol Foundation US, a national nonprofit dedicated to children's health and wellness, and served as Executive Director of the national non-profit Transamerica Center for Health Studies.

Prior to his service in the Assembly, Hector served as Mayor and as a member of the South Gate City Council, Judicial Administrator in the Los Angeles Superior Court, chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration, Legislative Director for a California Member of Congress, and a teacher at Edison Junior High in South Los Angeles.

Hector graduated with a degree in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College and attended the Elliot School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. He attended Pius X High School in the new and vacant 41st Congressional District.