Ida L. Castro BA, MA, JD

Ida L. Castro’s career has been characterized by a strong passion for service and for building strategic alliances across diverse groups. She joined Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) in 2008 and has since served as Vice President for Community Engagement and Chief Diversity Officer, where she leads engagement with the community and directs the school’s diversity priorities.
She launched GCSOM’s Regional Education Academy for Careers in Health ‐ Higher Education Initiative (REACH‐HEI), a pipeline program for disadvantaged youth. She was appointed Haywood Burns Chair for Civil Rights, CUNY School of Law, and served as the first Latina Commissioner/CEO of the New Jersey State Department of Personnel. President Clinton named her the first Latina Chairwoman/CEO of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, after her service as Director of the Women’s Bureau, Acting Deputy Solicitor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Worker Compensation at the U.S. Department of Labor.