News and Updates

Through state leadership role, Flinn-Brown Fellow Jaime Dempsey promotes Arizona creativity

February 26, 2018

By Brian Powell Flinn 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…


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Flinn Foundation President & CEO, Tammy McLeod.

Flinn Foundation names Tammy McLeod new President and CEO

August 16, 2017

Following a national search, the Flinn Foundation board of directors has chosen one of Arizona’s most broadly accomplished executives and community leaders as its new president and chief executive officer. Tammy McLeod, currently the vice president for energy resource management…


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Flinn at Fifty: Origins and Impact

October 30, 2015

“Flinn at Fifty: Origins and Impact” is a video commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Flinn Foundation and the lives of Dr. Robert and Irene Flinn, whose kindness and generosity led to the creation of the Foundation in 1965.


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Flinn Foundation marks 50th anniversary with
$1 million gift to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

October 29, 2015

The Flinn Foundation has honored the legacy of Dr. Robert S. Flinn at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center with a $1 million gift to establish a cardiology fellowship program in his name. The grant to the Phoenix…


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Bradley W Halvorsen

Flinn Foundation executive’s retirement prompts new leadership appointments

June 23, 2015

After more than five years in a key role at the Flinn Foundation, Executive Vice President Cathy McGonigle has announced her retirement. McGonigle’s departure June 26 will trigger three additional leadership changes at the Foundation. Two of the further staff…


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