JAN LANE has been promoted to senior philanthropic advisor at the Central New York Community Foundation, after serving in her previous role as development officer for five years. Lane leads the ongoing fostering and facilitation of the Community Foundation’s legacy planning services, which honor the charitable intent of legacy fund donors and preserves their legacies after they are gone. She also provides charitable-planning services for individuals, families, and nonprofit organizations in the Central New York region.

DANA LYONS-CANTY has been promoted to scholarships and student support officer for the Community Foundation and Say Yes Syracuse, after serving in her previous role for more than three years. She focuses on providing opportunities that cultivate a scholarship culture that is more interactional and less transactional. Lyons-Canty is passionate about changing lives and providing proper resources and emotional support for individual success.

PRAGYA S. MURPHY has been promoted to senior philanthropic advisor at the Community Foundation, after serving in her previous role as development officer for three years. Murphy leads professional advisor outreach and provides charitable-planning services for individuals and families. In her new role, she will be leading the cultivation and facilitation of nonprofit agency funds. Murphy is highly engaged in local nonprofits in various ways, including serving on the advisory board of WISE Women’s Business Center for over five years. She also recently joined the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP-CNY) board of directors.

AHMEED TURNER has been promoted to VP, scholarships and student support at the Community Foundation, in addition to his role as the executive director of Say Yes Syracuse, which he has held for five years. In that role, Turner is responsible for ensuring that all eligible students receive Say Yes to Education scholarships. In his new additional role, Turner will manage the Community Foundation’s many scholarships while providing college admissions and financial-aid support to students and their families.`