POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Nancy A. Gray, the undersigned's true and lawful
 attorney-in-fact to:

1. prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. securities and Exchange commission (the SEC)
a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary
or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to
make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by section 16(a)
of the securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Pacific Mercantile Bancorp
(the company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with section 16(a)of the
securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms
or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection
with the
undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the
company;

3. do an perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form
3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report
with the united states securities and Exchange commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be i n such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done i n the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-i n-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with section 16 of the securities Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issues by
the company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
executed as of this 22nd day of May, 2017.



/s/ Cindy Verity