02/24/2022
Mee Foundation Board Member Profile
Nick Alatorre is Information Technology Manager/Security Officer at Mee Memorial Healthcare System and is a current member and former President of the Foundation Board. Nick joined the board because he saw an opportunity to help the hospital.
“As a long-term employee, I welcomed the opportunity to see and help the organization from a different point of view,” he says. “Seeing the bigger picture, the organizational needs, and coming up with ways to fund them has been rewarding.”
Nick has worked in various roles in IT at the hospital since 2002, and as a native of King City, has been a patient and visited the hospital often to see family members, one of the reasons the hospital is important to him.
“In my time here, I’ve seen many changes, and challenges, but each time we’ve been able to band together, not only as an organization, but as a community,” he says. “It has been inspiring to see the community support for some of the larger projects, the Al and Donna Oliveira Clinic expansion, laparoscopic surgery equipment, mammography, to name a few.”
Nick grew up in King City, and graduated from King City High School in 2000, so he’s very familiar with the hospital, but never thought he’d be working at Mee Memorial when he “grew up.”
“Now, all three of my children were born here, and have received their care here, including similar ER visits as I had. It’s come full circle,” he says. “I realize just how fortunate we are to have this hospital here in our town, and not have to drive an hour for care. It’s for those reasons I take pride in my work here, and with being a member of the Foundation Board, in order to continue to help the Hospital — and clinics — provide services for generations to come.”
