News and Updates

July 2025 Network News

July 28, 2025

Last week, I came across a quote by Carl Jung in an art exhibit that made me reflect: “You don't get wounded alone. And we don't heal alone.”  Jung was speaking to the human experience of suffering and healing, and…


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Flinn-Brown Fellow Richard Yarbrough

July 28, 2025

Since 1996, Flinn-Brown Fellow Richard Yarbough has served at Pilgrim Rest Foundation. His early work focused on real estate acquisition, site plan development, construction, and financing of the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church campus. It was a dynamic period of growth.…


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CivEx: The Cost of Care—What Medicaid Cuts May Mean for Arizona

June 25, 2025

Arizona is evaluating federal Medicaid funding changes that could impact AHCCCS eligibility and operations or shift more financial responsibility to the state. Beth will provide a detailed overview of how these adjustments may affect AHCCCS health plans, enrollment, and access…


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Flinn-Brown Fellows: The Passage of Proposition 479

June 24, 2025

Though it’s been over half a year since voters approved the measure in November 2024, Proposition 479 remains a strong example of what can be accomplished through long-term planning, coordination across jurisdictions, and broad-based public engagement.


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June 2025 Network News

June 23, 2025

In a recent Chronicle of Philanthropy article, I described Flinn-Brown Fellows as “sentries at the gate.” For me, the analogy reflects the spirit of the founding aspiration of the Flinn-Brown Fellowship—to build a strong network of principled leaders to help offset the…


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May 2025 Network News

May 23, 2025

While summer in Arizona often brings triple-digit heat, weekend escapes to higher elevations, and the steady hum of air conditioning, for me, it signals something far more energizing: the arrival of a new class of Flinn-Brown Fellows. Each year, we…


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Flinn-Brown Fellow Reetika Dhawan

May 23, 2025

As Chief Executive Officer of Entrepreneurial College and Vice President of Workforce and Healthcare Programs at Arizona Western College in Yuma, the Honorable Reetika Dhawan leads efforts to align academic programs with the evolving needs of Arizona’s workforce.


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