News and Updates

With civic leadership seminar complete, newest Flinn-Brown Fellows look ahead

December 15, 2011

PHOENIX–Following completion of an intensive, 10-week seminar to build their civic-leadership capacity, members of the Fall class of the nonpartisan Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy are now planning their next steps toward public service in Arizona at the state level. In…


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Announcing the second class of Flinn-Brown Fellows

August 04, 2011

The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership is pleased to introduce the 26 Arizonans who have been selected as the second class of Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Fellows. Coming from many cities and towns, a broad spectrum of professions, and many walks…


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AzCCL co-sponsors A Day of Civic Action

August 01, 2011

You are invited to A Day of Civic Action on Thursday, September 22 at the Wyndham Phoenix Hotel. The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership is sponsoring the Civic Insights Breakfast, the first event in a half-day schedule packed with new information, ideas, and…


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Five minutes with a Flinn-Brown Fellow: Civic leadership and Arizona’s high-tech industry

June 20, 2011

Patrick Marcus, a Tucson-based biomedical engineer, artist, and entrepreneur, is on the move: He is phasing out his involvement in two Tucson high-tech companies and launching a third, Marcus Engineering LLC, an engineering and technology business-development firm. Dr. Marcus is…


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Arizona Week visits the AzCCL: “The Next Generation of Arizona Leaders”

June 06, 2011

Arizona Week, the public-affairs television program of Arizona Public Media at the University of Arizona, devoted its May 20 broadcast to a profile of the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy and discussion of the importance of strong civic leadership. In his…


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Inaugural Class of Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy Completes Study, Charts Course for Arizona Leadership

May 24, 2011

PHOENIX—An ambitious new initiative to expand Arizona’s cadre of future state-level civic leaders reached an important milestone on May 20 with a celebration of the inaugural class of the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy. The first 25 Flinn-Brown Fellows were recognized…


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Arizona Illustrated interviews Flinn-Brown Fellow

April 14, 2011

Juan Ciscomani, a member of the first class of the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy, was interviewed in late March on Arizona Illustrated, the public-television newsmagazine produced by Arizona Public Media at the University of Arizona. Host Kimberly Craft spoke with…


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