printable versionJeanne Halleck, longtime Haas Center administrator, retires
Jeanne Wahl Halleck, who helped establish the Public Service Center—now named the Haas Center for Public Service—retired last week from her post after more than 20 years of service. As administrator of the John Gardner Public Service Fellowship, Halleck mentored students in a postgraduate year of service at a nonprofit government agency.
Meanwhile, as the center's point person for the Stanford in Washington program, hundreds more students have benefited from her deep knowledge and connections in the nation's capital, according to Suzanne Abel, the center's director of external relations. Halleck served as a staff adviser for the nonprofit student group Stanford in Government (SIG) as well.
"Jeannie Halleck arrived at the Haas Center when the John Gardner Fellowship and Stanford in Washington were just ideas we were dreaming about," Catherine Milton, founding director of the Public Service Center, said in a statement. "Her legacy is the thousands of students who have served in government and in the nonprofit sector, making a positive difference."
Marjorie Alfs, who has been Halleck's assistant since 2002, will assume most of Halleck's duties. Alums Anupama Menon, a former Gardner Fellow, and Sonia Mittal have been brought on to help out during the transition.