Neal Zaslavsky

Neal Zaslavsky (born June 22, 1968) is a Southern California-based Management and Political Consultant and commissioner on the West Hollywood, California Eastside Project Advisory Committee, the city's advisory commission for issues within its redevelopment zone.
Early life and education
Neal Zaslavsky, eldest son of Howard and Helene Wernick Zaslavsky, was born in 1968 in New York City and raised in the New Jersey suburbs. Upon graduation from high school at the age of 16, Zaslavsky enrolled at Boston University in the College of Arts and Sciences. After his grandmother suffered a severe and debilitating stroke during his freshman year of college, Zaslavsky relocated to Tucson, Arizona to look after his beloved grandmother while continuing his education. Upon baccalaureate graduation from the University of Arizona with degrees in Spanish Language and Literature and Political Science, he accepted a full graduate fellowship in American Political Institutions and Behavior from the Department of Political Science at the University of Arizona.
Zaslavsky was very active in the Tucson community, and sat on the boards of multiple political and philanthropic organizations. Because of his well-established political involvement, including several terms as a county-wide deputy registrar, state committeeman, convention delegate, legislative district vice-chairman and member of both the county steering committee and county finance committee for his political party, he was a frequently-requested guest lecturer on the subject of local political organization, both for educational audiences and for local news stations’ election analysis and coverage.
Professional career
After finishing graduate school and a year in marketing and advertising, Zaslavsky relocated to the Los Angeles area and began a freelance management and political consulting practice. Catering to the large émigré community from the former Soviet Union on the west side of greater Los Angeles, he also owned and operated a franchised Russian language radio and television broadcasting service, which he eventually sold back to the parent franchisor at a profit.
Zaslavsky was president of the Rotary Club of West Hollywood, and has served several terms on the Board of Directors of the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (1996 to 2003). Zaslavsky has advised numerous business start-ups, and has consulted on more than two dozen political races at the national, state and municipal levels. He has also written several policy papers and political speeches, including a State of the City address for former West Hollywood Mayor Sal Guarriello.
In November, 2006, Zaslavsky was unanimously appointed by the West Hollywood City Council to fill a vacant board seat on the Eastside Project Advisory Committee, the city’s advisory commission for issues within its redevelopment zone. In June 2007, he was unanimously appointed to a full two-year term on the commission. In September 2009, Zaslavsky was appointed to a third two-year term
Legal career
In late 2007, Zaslavsky took a sabbatical from his consulting practice to return to school to fulfill a lifelong dream of receiving his Juris Doctorate degree. Zaslavsky entered the prestigious SCALE program at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. Southwestern, founded in 1911, originally established the SCALE program in 1974 with a historical grant from the Federal Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education. This elite, two full calendar year J.D. program, emphasizes conceptual learning and hands-on simulation training, promoting spontaneous, in-depth, two-way communication and continuous feedback to its small group of students.
During the summer of 2009, Zaslavsky worked as a judicial extern with the in Buenos Aires. Zaslavsky also guest-lectured on the structure of the American Judicial System and the American Grand Jury system at the University of Buenos Aires Law School and wrote an article on American Grand Juries published by the Fundación de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Jurídicas (Foundation for Higher Studies in the Juridical Sciences) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Miscellaneous
Zaslavsky is an avid traveler, and has visited 15 countries and 44 of the U.S. States. He was an international exchange student in Teruel, Spain. Zaslavsky is also a frequent op-ed contributor to the WeHo News, the local newspaper in West Hollywood.

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