Megan Swezey Fogarty

Megan Swezey Fogarty
Director of Fellowships and Postgraduate Public Service
Room 204
(650) 725-2870
megan.fogarty@stanford.edu

Megan oversees the staff team that supports students in developing transformative service experiences through fellowships in the summer and after graduation and first jobs in service. She also directs the Center's efforts to expand the involvement of alumni in Haas Center programs.

Before returning to the Haas Center full-time in 2007, Megan led the Center's Call to Serve government recruitment initiative and worked with the City of Palo Alto City Manager's Office on planning for libraries and a possible pandemic flu. Previously, she served as nonprofits liaison for State Assemblyman Joe Simitian (now State Senator). She continues to host Senator Simitian's monthly government access television show, Capitol Focus.

Megan has worked for 25 years in nonprofit program development and management, primarily with organizations focused on involving young people in service learning. Her professional experience includes City of Palo Alto teen coordinator, Constitutional Rights Foundation project director, Youth Community Service founder, Haas Center for Public Service assistant director, Youth Service California Executive Director, and outreach coordinator for the Service Learning 2000 Center in the Stanford School of Education. She also worked as an independent consultant supporting nonprofits with event planning, fund development, and publications.

Her community involvement includes service with Foundation for a College Education, First Congregational Church Nursery School, Palo Alto Partners in Education, Palo Alto Community Child Care, Adolescent Counseling Services, Palo Alto Community Fund, Leadership Mid-Peninsula, Family Resource Center Implementation Team, City of Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan Committee, Mothers' Symposium, Youth Community Service, Partners in School Innovation, YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula, and First Congregational Church of Palo Alto. She has also been involved with local youth sports teams, Girl Scouts, parent associations, and political campaigns. Megan was recognized in 2008 with the Palo Alto Tall Tree Award for Outstanding Citizen/Volunteer. She lives with her husband, Mike, and three children, Matt, Molly, and Michaela, in Palo Alto.