Mary Healy (May 14, 1953 – August 7, 2014) was the CEO and director of the

Sacramento Zoo The Sacramento Zoo is a zoo located in William Land Park in Sacramento, California. It opened on June 2, 1927, with 40 animals. At that time, it occupied , which remained the case until the early 1960s when the zoo expanded to its current . , the ...

. Healy was director of the zoo since December 1999. Her career began as a bird keeper for the

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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.Sacramento Zoo's Director Dies During Trip To Galapagos Islands
sacramento.cbslocal.com; accessed October 25, 2014.

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