President & CEO
Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
Louise McCarthy is the President & CEO of the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County (CCALAC), the largest regional coalition of community health centers in California. Health centers in LA provide comprehensive services to over 1.97 million residents per year. The vast majority of these patients are low income, and are either publicly insured or uninsured. Over 87,000 health center patients are experiencing homelessness.
Since joining the health center movement in 2005, Louise has guided health centers through several milestone moments in health care policy. Among her accomplishments, Louise led negotiations on the creation and implementation of LA's free public health care program for low-income, uninsured residents. From 2007 to 2024 these programs provided quality health care to several hundreds of thousands of Angelenos.
Louise has been recognized for her leadership at the local, state, and national levels, including receiving the National Association of Community Health Centers Betsey K. Cooke Grassroots MVP and Grassroots Advocacy Hall of Fame awards.
Louise is a board member of the California Primary Care Association and board chair of the Urban Voices Project. She holds a master’s degree in public policy and is a Senior Fellow at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
CSaD1 - Factors Influencing Health Equity Among Community Health Center Patients
Saturday, August 24, 2024
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM ET