Thoughts from Dawn Wallace Yesterday morning, I wrote the message below, before the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. What I wrote now seems frivolous and tone-deaf. I write about my own musings as a parent—minor frustrations, little…

The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has selected the 2022 Flinn-Brown Fellows, 27 leaders who will participate in Arizona’s most prestigious leadership program on state policy and politics. Members of the 14th cohort of Flinn-Brown Fellows,…

Michelle Hess (Buckeye, 2013)Executive Director, Leadership West Inc. LinkedIn 1. Can you please describe your work and how public policy impacts how you manage your organization? I have the privilege of two roles that are impacted by public policy—one as a…

Thoughts from Dawn Wallace In the mid-1970s, my family immigrated to the United States. I have very few happy memories of living in my birth country or leaving it. However, one charming memory persists to this day from our 14-hour…

Twenty Flinn Scholars to attend an Arizona university The 2022 Flinn Scholarship, which provides a full ride for college at one of Arizona’s public universities, has been awarded to 20 of Arizona’s highest-achieving students. The Flinn Scholars Program, supported by…

Arizona’s bioscience sector is performing at historically high levels two decades after the creation of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap placed the state on a long-term trajectory toward success. The April 20 report, the latest performance analysis commissioned by the Phoenix-based Flinn…

Frances Sjoberg (Phoenix, 2012)Principal Attorney, Economic and Community Development Unit, Navajo Nation Department of Justice LinkedIn 1. Can you please describe your work and how public policy impacts how you manage your organization? I very recently left private practice at Lewis…