Jose Joel Joel Garcia

Background

Garcia, Jose Joel was born on October 12, 1946 in Durango, Mexico. Son of Modesto S. and Agustina (Galindo) Garcia.

Education

Bachelor in Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969; Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1973.

Career

Executive director, Centro Legal de La Raza, Oakland, California, 1969-1971; executive director, La Clinica de La Raza, Oakland, 1971-1980; assistant professor School Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1982-1990; director Intercambio Academy, University of California, Berkeley, since 1990; lecturer School Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, since 1990. Appointed by governor California Advisory Council, Sacramento, 1976-1982. Chair California Primary Care Clinic Advisory Board, Sacramento, 1977-1986.

Adjunct faculty School Public Health University of California, Berkeley, 1980-1982. Visiting assistant professor School Business U. Colorado, Denver, summer 1986. Evaluator, reviewer Office MinorityHealth Department of Health and Human Services, since 1987.

Project director Pilot Study Perinatal Health, 1982, Research Medical Budget Cuts, 1983.

Membership

Trustee Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, Washington, 1972. Board directors Community Adult Day Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Oakland, California, 1985, Berkeley Primary Care Access Project, 1990, The Ombudsman, Oakland, 1991. Member APHA, American Civil Liberties Union, National Network for Immigrant Refugee Rights, Latino Health Affairs Council, Western Consortium for Public Health (institute review board).

Interests

• Avocations: athletics, computers, music.

Connections

Married Judith Naas, June 20, 1970. Children: Mario Vallejo, Andres Cesar, Catarina Elizabeth, Susana Angelica.

Father:

Modesto S. Garcia

Mother:

Agustina (Galindo) Garcia

Spouse:

Judith Naas

child:

Andres Cesar Garcia

child:

Mario Vallejo Garcia

child:

Catarina Elizabeth Garcia

child:

Susana Angelica Garcia