Arizona Center for Civic Leadership

Arizona Center for Civic Leadership chooses 27 leaders for Flinn-Brown Fellowship

The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has selected the 2022 Flinn-Brown Fellows, 27 leaders who will participate in Arizona’s most prestigious leadership program on state policy and politics.

Members of the 14th cohort of Flinn-Brown Fellows, bringing together diverse political perspectives, experience, and policy interests, represent nine Arizona counties, including the first Flinn-Brown Fellow from La Paz County. About half of the cohort is from outside the Phoenix area, including Flagstaff, Page, Prescott, Quartzsite, Saint David, San Tan Valley, Sonoita, Tucson, and Yuma.

Becoming a Flinn-Brown Fellow brings membership in the distinguished Flinn-Brown Network and participation in the Flinn-Brown Academy. [Read more]

Fellow Michelle Hess on leading as elected official, nonprofit executive

Michelle Hess exercises leadership in two domains: as a member of the Buckeye City Council, and as executive director of Leadership West, which builds connections among West Valley leaders and supports them in addressing the most important issues facing their communities.

In both roles, the 2013 Flinn-Brown Fellow from Buckeye emphasizes adaptiveness, flexibility, receptiveness, and communication to build working relationships with all parties. [Read more]

Flinn-Brown Fellow Frank McCune oversees city of Phoenix’s government relations

Frank McCune is the director of government relations for the city of Phoenix. In this role, he confers with the mayor, council members, city leadership and department heads to build and represent the city of Phoenix’s legislative priorities for the regional, state, and federal levels of government.

McCune, a 2011 Flinn-Brown Fellow, said public policy makers, business and community leaders, and neighborhood activists must create from consensus to form meaningful public policy. McCune said the Flinn-Brown Fellowship is helping to address the social connectedness and community engagement required for civic health. [Read more]