Thoughts from Dawn Wallace In the summer of 1995, alongside nearly 1,000 people, I attended a very special naturalization ceremony—my own. I remember so many intense feelings—everything between an overwhelming sense of relief and finality juxtaposed with a sense of…

Frank McCune (Phoenix, 2011), Director of Government Relations, City of Phoenix Bio LinkedIn 1. Can you please describe your work and how public policy impacts how you manage your organization?  I serve as the director of government relations for the…

Thoughts from Danielle Underwood, Arizona Center for Civic Leadership Program Coordinator   When I was younger, my dad would force—I mean strongly encourage—my siblings and me to create Black History Month presentations on an influential Black person we admired. More…

For civic leaders eager to address Arizona’s long-term issues, there’s no other statewide program like the Flinn-Brown Fellowship. For more than 10 years, the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has led the premier leadership program for…

Thoughts from Dawn Wallace Happy New Year! While 2022 hasn’t started out exactly as I hoped—after two years of dodging COVID, my family finally came face to face with the new variant, “He Who Must Not Be Named”—our cases are…

  Kimulet Winzer  (Phoenix, 2011), Director, SunHawk Consulting, LLC LinkedIn   1. Can you please describe your work and how public policy impacts how you manage your organization?  My work is to advise, direct and counsel as well as to…

Quintin Boyce (Phoenix, 2019) Superintendent, Roosevelt School District LinkedIn | Twitter 1. Can you please describe your work and how public policy impacts how you manage your organization?  I have the privilege of being the proud Superintendent of the Roosevelt School District. We…