Q&A: Stanfordâs engagement with the community The leaders of Stanfordâs Office of Community Engagement, Megan Swezey Fogarty and Preeti Hehmeyer, discuss the vision for the new office, the universityâs engagement with its neighbors and the officeâs initial work. By Joel Berman When Megan Swezey Fogarty was appointed Stanfordâs first associate vice president for community engagement on March 1, she could not have foreseen how local, national and global events would shape the work of her new office. Megan Swezey Fogarty (left) and Preeti Hehmeyer are leading the new Office of Community Engagement. (Image credit: Joy Leighton; courtesy Preeti Hehmeyer)