Super Bowl Sunday in my house holds the same weight as a sacred holiday—rituals are observed, traditions upheld, and loyalties declared. And since Taylor Swift has become the unofficial queen of the NFL, our Swiftie Nation household has decidedly been…

To Oregon-born Mary Venezia, Arizona is home. After spending much of her childhood in Phoenix and graduating from Saint Mary’s High School, she escaped the heat by heading north to Northern Arizona University for her bachelor’s degree.

The Flinn-Brown Fellowship is a statewide civic leadership program like no other.   Now in its second decade, the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation offers the premier program for experienced leaders to expand their knowledge, put their…

Happy New Year! Can you believe it? We’re officially a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Twenty-five years ago, we were nervously stockpiling bottled water and canned goods for Y2K, worrying that computers would crash, planes might fall…

When Dan Coleman co-founded Modern Works Music Publishing in 2004, he did not just enter the music industry—he helped reshape it. With none other than John Legend as the company’s first signing, Coleman’s vision for bridging artistry and commerce took root.

An engaging CivEx webinar featuring a four-person panel and moderated by 2011 Flinn-Brown Fellow David Martinez III, director of strategic community partnerships at Vitalyst Health Foundation, examined the findings of the Civic Language Perceptions Project, An Arizona Snapshot.

Nate Rhoton, a member of the 2015 Flinn-Brown cohort, initially applied with the goal of running for public office. Driven by a desire to make a meaningful impact on Arizona’s future and contribute to the state's growth, he saw elected…