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You'll find the Flinn Scholars community in every nook and cranny of the Internet.

For starters, visit the Flinn Foundation page on Facebook, follow @flinnscholars on Twitter, and--if you're a Scholar yourself--join the Scholars group on LinkedIn.

Want a quick answer to a burning question? You can reach me via email at mellsworth@flinn.org.

And who is this writing, anyway?

In 2007, I joined the Flinn Foundation's communications team, writing about all of the Foundation's initiatives, including the Flinn Scholars. In 2012, I became director of the Flinn Scholars program.

I'm also a Flinn Scholar alum myself, from the class of 1993. After my undergraduate years in Arizona, I completed an MFA in creative writing at George Mason University in Virginia. Now and then, I do type things not entirely true.

Jun 25, 2008
Photo_3-author Matt Ellsworth

Fast track

Tags: 93, kim demarchi, law

We first bumped into a certain Janet Napolitano way back in the spring of 1993, a few months before she became the U.S. Attorney for Arizona; at the time, she was still punching the clock as a lawyer for Lewis and Roca.

Kim DemarchiAnd on the very same day that we caught a glimpse of the future Guv, we met Kim Demarchi (’93) for the first time.

Well, Kim’s now at Lewis and Roca herself, and the other day we heard some very good news: she’s been named a partner of the firm. It’s been an awfully quick ascent–she’s only had her J.D. for eight years.

This isn’t a suggestion that Kim’s definitely going to be running the whole state of Arizona one of these days.

But we see a pattern.