Paying Possibilities Forward: Insights from the Non-profit Sector

Why is it important to pay it forward both personally and professionally?

Sure, there is the immediate satisfaction one gets when paying it forward, but the ripple effects of serving others go much further.

Join us as we invite the leaders of the Allyn Foundation and the United Way to share their experiences of how paying it forward has affected them personally and in their careers in the non-profit sector.

About Meg O'Connell

Meg is Executive Director of the Allyn Family Foundation, a private family Foundation. In 2017, Meg led the creation of a 78,000 sq. ft. building in downtown Syracuse known as the Salt City Market. In her 25 years of philanthropic and educational leadership roles, Meg serves as Chair of the Early childhood Alliance, Work Train, ABC Cauyga Play Space, Syracuse Urban Patnership, and as Treasurer of Blueprint 15.

About Nancy Kern Eaton

Nancy is president of the United Way of Central New York and has spent most of her career working in non-profit organizations. Nancy has served in leadership roles at ARISE, Salvation Army of the Syracuse Area, Syracuse Weed & Seed Community Partnership, Home HeadQuarters, and Housing Visions Unlimited.