Zahra Nealy is a relationship-driven healthcare and non-profit public relations and communications professional with specialties in media relations, donor communications, and community outreach/relations. She’s worked on behalf of local and national public affairs initiatives and non-profit organizations including Pasadena Humane, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and Cedars-Sinai. 

She is currently the manager of philanthropy communications at California Hospital Medical Center Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dignity Health – California Hospital Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles. 

Nealy is a winner of the 2023 Association for Healthcare Philanthropy’s “40 Under 40” Award and the recipient of PR Daily’s 2017 Digital PR & Social Media Awards - Best Multichannel Campaign of the Year. She has presented workshops to the Association of Fundraising Professionals - Greater Los Angeles Chapter, National Association for Cancer Development Officers, and CommonSpirit Health Philanthropy’s Philanthropy Education Summit. 

Nealy earned her bachelor’s in anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles, master’s in strategic public relations from USC Annenberg.