Incoming Foundation Board Members

SHAWN LIPMAN has more than 25 years of banking and commercial finance experience. Shawn got his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance from San Diego State University. He joined Santa Cruz County Bank in 2011, looking forward to an opportunity to work for a community bank that services the county he lives in. Shawn manages the banks loan underwriting department and enjoys helping the bank provide lending services to the local business and not-for-profit community.

Shawn is the president of Thunder Football Club, a local nonprofit youth soccer club, headquartered in Scotts Valley. He enjoys hiking, biking, and spending time outdoors with his wife Jennifer and two children, Morgan and Nick. Shawn feels the Hospital is such an important part of our community, and looks forward to being a member of the Foundation Board.

GINNY SOLARI MAZRY is a longtime donor, grateful patient, and friend of Dominican Hospital and the Foundation. Ginny was a candy striper at Dominican in the early 1970’s. Ginny studied at Cabrillo College and then continued her education at San Jose State University. She then developed a career as a Philanthropic Assistant for twentyfive years, managing a private family foundation. Working and volunteering with various nonprofits for the past four decades, she held her first board position in the 1980’s in South America, securing permanent home placement for children with local orphanages in Venezuela.

Ginny is a community advocate serving on several local boards and a variety of local nonprofit organizations within the last 20 years. Ginny loves to travel the world (she has visited all seven continents), enjoys hiking, especially in Yosemite, walking on the beach, participating in her book club, and adores being with her grandchildren.

MANUEL MERCADO is a longtime partner of Driscoll’s and Reiter Affiliated Companies, LLC. Originally from Jalisco, Mexico, Manuel has been a Santa Cruz and Monterey county local for more than 35 years. Manuel started working for Driscoll’s as a strawberry harvester. While working with harvesters, Manuel developed a remote-controlled machine–the Mercado Harvester–which permits agricultural workers to efficiently pick and store produce.

Manuel is a member of Casa de la Cultura, a nonprofit center that specializes in services for migrant families in Watsonville and Salinas, educating them on the sustainability of agriculture and harvesting. Manuel now serves on the Board of Directors for Dricoll’s and is the President of River Valley Farms in Aromas. Manuel is well connected throughout South County in both agriculture and business, and is interested in helping Dominican provide the very best health care services to all of Santa Cruz County.

WILLIAM OW is the fourth of five generations of the Ow family in Santa Cruz, where he lives with his wife and two children. For the last two decades, William has worked with Ow Properties and Ow Family Properties, with the most notable project being the former Wrigley Building on the west side of Santa Cruz, housing 40 companies and employing more than 800 people. He is passionate about Santa Cruz achieving smart growth and a higher quality of life through sustainability via work, education and recreation.

Additionally, William has a keen interest in all forms of transportation and sees the huge potential for Santa Cruz to have an active transportation corridor that would safely support commuters and provide the infrastructure for a healthy and vibrant lifestyle for Santa Cruz County residents. He is the Past President of the Cabrillo Foundation, Advisor to Second Harvest Food Bank, and served four years on the Pacific Collegiate School board of directors. He currently sits on the boards for Pacific Collegiate Foundation and Greenway Santa Cruz.

JAMIE SMITH, owner of Foodsmith, is a certified Chef de Cuisine, American Culinary Federation member, Food Safety manager/ instructor, School Nutrition Specialist, and graduate of the USDA’s Produce Safety University. Chef Jamie has had an extensive career, attending the French Culinary Institute in New York City. He has worked in many notable restaurants in New York, Berkeley, Menlo Park, and Santana Row. He then opened the award winning Sestri in Santa Cruz, where he honed his style of seasonal farm-to-table cooking.

He is passionate about advocating for child nutrition and food education. Jamie served as Chef de Cuisine of UCSC and as the Food Service Director of the Santa Cruz City Schools, transforming the farm-to-table model into the farm-to-school lunches. Through Foodsmith, Jamie is proud to offer nutrientrich meals—prepared fresh daily using local ingredients—for families and working adults.

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