Mary Healy (zoologist)


Mary Healy was the CEO and director of the Sacramento Zoo.
Healy was director of the zoo since December 1999. Her career began as a bird keeper for the Riverbanks Zoo in South Carolina. The Sacramento Business Journal awarded Healy the Women Who Mean Business award in 2013.
She died of a cerebral aneurysm and heart attack at the age of 61 on a trip to the Galápagos Islands.