News and Updates

November/December 2023 Network News

December 19, 2023

Here is my holiday gift to you, Fellows: Watch, nay, binge the two seasons of “The Bear” as soon as you can. It is on Hulu, and if you do not subscribe, sign up just to watch this gem. It…


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Flinn-Brown Fellow Benah Parker helping leaders move the needle

December 19, 2023

Benah Parker, a social psychologist, author, and executive coach with Level 42 Consulting, helps high-performing leaders identify their blind spots and uncover what’s missing while integrating applied psychology to help leaders live a life that is aligned with their dreams.…


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Center for the Future of Arizona and Flinn Foundation release new civic health data

November 15, 2023

PHOENIX—Center for the Future of Arizona (CFA), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to bringing Arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for the state, releases new data highlighting Arizona’s need for improved civic engagement in partnership with the…


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October 2023 Network News

November 10, 2023

Thank you so much to all the Fellows who attended the 2023 Flinn-Brown Convention last Friday. At over 125 strong, this was the largest number of attendees we have had since the Convention officially started in 2017.  We were welcomed…


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Flinn-Brown Fellow Clare Aslan a leader in sustainability research at NAU

November 10, 2023

Clare Aslan leads a large research group focused on sustainability science at Northern Arizona University and offers training to the next generation of sustainability professionals, environmental scientists, hydrologists, and geologists. Aslan, a 2017 Flinn-Brown Fellow and Flinn Scholar alum, is…


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CivEx: Engaging Flagstaff’s Prop. 480—a Civil Discussion on a Contentious Issue

October 11, 2023

Flinn-Brown Fellows Dave Engelthaler, Ph.D. (Flagstaff, 2022) and Coral Evans, Ph.D. (Flagstaff, 2011) introduced an educational webinar on Flagstaff's Proposition 480, a citizen referendum on the approved re-zoning of a proposed Northern Arizona Healthcare hospital site.


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Fellow Fernando Shipley: a Gila County public servant

October 09, 2023

Fernando Shipley is dedicated to a number of public service roles in Gila County: Globe City Council for 15 years including four years as mayor plus the governing boards of Gila Community College and Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center. He…


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