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April 2020 Network News

September 02, 2020

Thoughts from Dawn Wallace It’s Flinn-Brown recruitment time! I am truly excited to be joining the Flinn Foundation Arizona Center for Civic Leadership team. Over the last two decades, I have been privileged to serve in a variety of roles…


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Flinn-Brown Fellow Lisa Urias leads communications agency reaching diverse markets

August 07, 2020

Lisa Urias launched Urias Communications in 2006 to provide strategic advertising, public-relations, and creative services to various Fortune 1000 clients, large nonprofit organizations, and government agencies throughout the U.S. and in Mexico. Prior to this, Lisa spent 12 years in international…


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Flinn-Brown Fellow Kevin Bonine: The intersection of environmental stewardship and science education

July 17, 2020

Flinn-Brown Fellow Kevin Bonine (2014) is director of education at Biosphere 2 and a science faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. At Biosphere…


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Flinn-Brown Fellow Kevin Bonine: The intersection of environmental stewardship and science education

July 17, 2020

Flinn-Brown Fellow Kevin Bonine (2014) is director of education at Biosphere 2 and a science faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. At Biosphere…


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Arizona Center for Civic Leadership names 31 Flinn-Brown Fellows for 2020

June 30, 2020

The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has selected 31 civic leaders for its Flinn-Brown Fellowship seminar series that will focus on public policy development within the national, state and local political landscape to address Arizona’s pressing…


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Annual report reveals highlights from 2019 Flinn-Brown Fellowship

June 15, 2020

The Flinn-Brown Fellowship 2019 annual report provides a summary of the 2019 seminar series and its 30-person cohort, the 2019 Flinn-Brown Convention including its five honorees, the Flinn-Brown Fellows projects, the Flinn-Brown Network and its members’ achievements, and continuing learning…


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Flinn-Brown Fellow Sarah Douthit strives to improve criminal-justice system as county chief probation officer

June 10, 2020

Flinn-Brown Fellow Sarah Douthit (2013) is the chief probation officer for the Coconino County Adult Probation Department in Flagstaff. She has held a variety of positions in the criminal justice system in Arizona, including with Adult Parole, Adult Probations, and…


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