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…
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…
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…
Arizona’s bioscience sector sees record-high venture capital and research funding; strong gains in jobs, wages
April 15, 2020
TRIF plays critical role in bioscience research, tech transfer at state universities By Brian PowellFlinn Foundation Arizona’s bioscience sector is performing at its highest level since data tracking began nearly two decades ago, helping to position universities, research institutes, companies,…
Flinn-Brown Fellowship application due April 27
April 06, 2020
The Flinn-Brown Fellowship, Arizona’s premier statewide civic-leadership program, dedicated to preparing emerging and established leaders to enter all levels of public service, is seeking applicants for its 2020 Flinn-Brown seminar series. Applications and letters of endorsement are due Monday, April…
Flinn Foundation names state-government executive Dawn Wallace to direct civic-leadership program
March 18, 2020
Dawn Wallace, a public-policy expert who has advised Republican and Democratic governors and guided policy development in both houses of the Arizona Legislature, is joining the Flinn Foundation as its new Vice President, Civic Leadership. Wallace succeeds Nancy Welch, who retired in December after guiding the Flinn Foundation’s statewide civic-leadership program from its launch to broad recognition as Arizona’s premier initiative preparing leaders for state-level public service. Wallace will begin…
Nancy Welch retires after nearly a decade leading statewide civic-leadership program
March 18, 2020
Nancy Welch led the effort over the last nine-plus years to create Arizona’s leading statewide civic-leadership program through the development of the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership and its Flinn-Brown Fellowship. Welch, who retired at the end of 2019, was…
