By Brian Powell Flinn Foundation Since being elected as a Safford city councilman at a young age, Joe Hughes has been immersed in the inner workings of all levels of government. He has spent most of his career working in…

By Brian Powell Flinn Foundation Candida Hunter remembers, when she was a young mother, meeting a First Things First representative during a visit to the Hualapai community in northwestern Arizona. The staffer’s personal interest, so genuine that she asked to…

Flinn-Brown Fellows learn, in large part, by doing. Fellows in each cohort and the entire Flinn-Brown Network have a wealth of experience, expertise, curiosity, and contacts to bring to project and policy development. Throughout the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy seminar…

By Brian Powell Flinn Foundation Arizona Rep. Drew John talks about his constituents as the coaches, family, and friends he grew up with. “It makes it a lot easier when you make a decision,” John says. “I always protect my…

The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership, a nonpartisan program of the Flinn Foundation, has competitively selected 36 Arizonans for the 2018 cohort of its flagship Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy. The new Flinn-Brown Fellows include the first from Wellton and Prescott…

By Brian PowellFlinn Foundation From the time she was very little, Jaime Dempsey knew she was an artist. She trained as an actor and in vocal music and graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in theatre. But while…

By Brian PowellFlinn Foundation Coral Evans to this day describes herself as a community organizer, someone who likes advocating for neighborhoods that she says are being overlooked, impacted negatively by policy decisions, or in need of services. But now, instead…