What did you get, and what did you give?”

2024 Peter E. Haas Public Service Award recipient Martha Ryan M.P.H. ’89 is a visionary leader who has dedicated her life to serving others and built a remarkable legacy based on this principle.

A former nurse practitioner, Ryan is the founder and former executive director of the Homeless Prenatal Program, a nationally recognized family resource center in San Francisco that empowers homeless and low-income families — particularly mothers motivated by pregnancy and parenthood — to find within themselves the strength and confidence they need to transform their lives.

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