Leadership Forward for a Better Arizona

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Adam Goodman: Episode 6 Mar 05, 2024

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In this sixth episode of the Leadership Forward for a Better Arizona podcast, host Dawn Wallace of the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation is joined by 2023 Flinn-Brown Fellow Adam Goodman, a business and community leader and CEO of Goodmans.

In this wide-ranging interview, Goodman discusses shaping his third-generation furniture business to impact and better the community, and offers his perspective on print journalism, capitalism, community service, Flinn-Brown, and the open primaries initiative.

Erin Carr-Jordan and Mignonne Hollis: Episode 5 Feb 07, 2024

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In this fifth episode of the Leadership Forward for a Better Arizona podcast, host Dawn Wallace of the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation is joined by two Flinn-Brown Fellows: Erin Carr-Jordan and Mignonne Hollis.

Carr-Jordan, president and CEO of the Digital Equity Institute, and Hollis, executive director of the Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation, discuss the importance of reliable and affordable broadband in Arizona's rural, tribal, and underserved communities and the impact it can make on people's lives.

Paul Perrault, Ph.D. and Janice Palmer: Episode 4 Jan 02, 2024

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On this episode of Leadership Forward for a Better Arizona, Dawn Wallace is joined by two executives from Helios Education Foundation: Paul Perrault, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Community Impact and Learning, and Janice Palmer, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy. Perrault and Palmer discuss with Wallace the research Helios has done on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student learning outcomes and historic levels of chronic absenteeism in Arizona.

Paul Perrault, Ph.D. and Janice Palmer: Episode 4 Jan 02, 2024

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On this episode of Leadership Forward for a Better Arizona, Dawn Wallace is joined by two executives from Helios Education Foundation: Paul Perrault, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Community Impact and Learning, and Janice Palmer, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy. Perrault and Palmer discuss with Wallace research Helios has done on the economic benefits of postsecondary education for both the student and state of Arizona, and examine how supporting dual-enrollment classes can lead to more Arizona students pursuing college degrees—an action that state leaders have recently embraced.

Elvy Barton: Episode 3 Dec 05, 2023

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Elvy Barton, Water and Forest Sustainability Manager at Salt River Project—and a 2013 Flinn-Brown Fellow—joins Dawn Wallace on Leadership Forward for a Better Arizona, a podcast from the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation.

In a period of rapid economic growth and ongoing drought, Arizonans are increasingly concerned about catastrophic wildfires, water conservation, and water quality. Against this backdrop, Barton speaks with Dawn about watershed management and landscape-scale restoration under SRP's Healthy Forests Initiative, as well as public-policy challenges from the local to federal level.

Barton also talks about the difference that participating in the Flinn-Brown Academy and joining the Flinn-Brown Network has made for her life's work and her capacity to engage in civic leadership.

Teniqua Broughton: Episode 2 Nov 07, 2023

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It's the second episode of Leadership Forward for a Better Arizona, the podcast where leaders unite, ideas collide, and the future of the Grand Canyon State comes into focus, hosted by Dawn Wallace of the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation.

Today, Wallace speaks with Teniqua Broughton, executive director of The State of Black Arizona and CEO of VerveSimone Consulting. A 2013 Flinn-Brown Fellow, Broughton shares alarming figures about Black maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates in Arizona, how she and others are working to address the causes, and how participating in the Flinn-Brown Academy and being part of the Flinn-Brown Network has helped her become the leader she is today.

LINKS/RESOURCES:

https://stateofblackarizona.org

https://www.vervesimone.com

Stan Barnes and Chad Campbell: Episode 1 Sep 21, 2023

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It's the inaugural episode of Leadership Forward for a Better Arizona, the podcast where leaders unite, ideas collide, and the future of the Grand Canyon State comes into focus.

For this first episode, host Dawn Wallace is joined by two influential figures in Arizona politics, former legislators and political insiders, Stan Barnes and Chad Campbell, who partnered for several years as the principal facilitators for the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy.

In a time when leadership is paramount, Barnes, a seasoned Republican strategist, and Campbell, a respected Democratic leader, illustrate how to bridge political divides and inspire a deeper understanding of the issues facing Arizona, fostering constructive and civil dialogue on the most pressing matters. They comment on Arizona's changing political landscape, including ever-changing voter demographics, policy trends, and how they have found ways, despite their differing political ideologies, to come together to find common ground and work toward solutions.

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