Al Rowlett is chief executive officer for Turning Point Community Programs, overseeing 50 programs in 10 Northern California counties. He is an ardent advocate and proponent of diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and access to health/mental health care for the underserved and poorly served in California.

Rowlett is board chair of the California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies (CBHA) and former chair for the California Institute of Behavioral Health Solutions (CiBHS). In 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Rowlett to the Proposition 63 – Mental Health Services Act, Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSA OAC). In 2013 Assembly Speaker Tony Perez appointed him to the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Independent Citizens Oversight Council (ICOC).

Rowlett holds a bachelor of arts degree from Ottawa University, a master’s of business administration in health services management from Golden Gate University, and a master’s of social work from California State University Sacramento. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

He is serving as a managing partner for the 2023-2024 cycle of the California Improvement Network, a project of the California Health Care Foundation that is managed by Healthforce Center at UCSF.