Closing the gap

Jaime DeGuzman

President of the Board

 

Before founding Holistica, Jaime spent over a decade practicing acupuncture where he could see first hand how this modality is affordable by only a small percentage of our population. By using the nonprofit model, Jaime brings acupuncture, and other CAM modalities, to those that cannot afford it. Jaime is the current owner of Water Tiger Acupuncture (www.watertigeracupuncture.com) and the co-founder of Kalya (www.kalyahealth.com). Before studying acupuncture, Jaime earned a B.S. in Computer Science and spent 15 years in Silicon Valley working in different capacities for several high tech companies.

 

 

 

Soledad Carvajal

Vice-President of the Board

 

Before Soledad became a Certified Heath Coach, she was a stay-at-home mom where she took care of her family. Due to health problems Soledad began exploring alternative medicine and was amazed by the results. Her passion led her wanting to learn more and to share her knowledge with others. As a professional Health Coach she has been helping clients individually and through workshops. An expert in guiding clients on how to reach their health and lifestyle goals, Soledad’s achievement in the community is backed by countless heartfelt testimonials of her clients. Soledad’s leadership and compassion were strengthened by her work at the Women Crisis Support, SDC of SCCS where she had the opportunity to work with many underprivileged families. One of her biggest dreams is that the underprivileged have the same opportunity to explore the world of alternative medicine. 

 

 

 

Don Nathe

Vice-First Chairman of the Board

 

Don has been providing energetic medicine to the community for over four years as a Reiki Master and practitioner of other hands-on healing modalities. He has found divine purpose in administering to those in need and is called, in the spirit of Oneness, to assist in healing the underprivileged community. Before awakening to his gifts in energy work, Don had been a successful entrepreneurial executive in Silicon Valley high tech medical equipment companies. He was most recently General Manager of a surgical device company in women’s healthcare and founded a subsidiary manufacturing plant in Costa Rica. He brings over three decades of Operations Management expertise and business acumen to the Board. Don has also been active in various volunteer capacities as an ESL teacher for Dayworkers and a tutor for underprivileged youth through the Boys and Girls Club.

 

 

 

Tracy Ross

Secretary of the Board

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Tracy has an extensive background in working for different nonprofits and a huge heart for humanity. She is a very intuitive healer who uses her energy work and massage therapy training to get to the core of all issues, and for the past couple of years she has been studying Shamanism. Tracy will maintain updated copies of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and meeting minutes. 

 

 

 

Elizabeth McComb

Treasurer of the Board

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Liz is one of those few people that have a very well-developed left and right brain allowing her to be highly sensitive and yet very analytical. As a result, she is an amazing artist who has worked as graphic designer, and in other occasions responsible for the budget of an entire department. As Treasurer, Liz helps create and manage the budget as well as come up with the required financial reports. Liz earned a BA in Graphic Design and has an extensive marketing and graphic design experience working for nonprofits and with these additional skills she is also helping promote Holistica.

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Diego Navarro

Advisor to the Board

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Diego has an extensive career in business management, including being the CEO of a high tech company in Santa Cruz. He is a practitioner of a healing modality known as Feldenkrais, a very talented moderator, and a humanitarian visionary who while taking a year sabbatical in Costa Rica created a program to make sure that the coffee growers of that area were paid and treated fairly. For over a decade Diego has been a faculty member of Cabrillo College where he created the ACE program (Academy for College Excellence); a nationally-recognized, award-winning academic program. As Advisor to the Board, Diego will help us navigate through the funding world; a world that he knows well, through funding his ACE program. 

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