Jenny Flynn

Before joining the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA) as President and CEO in 2021, Jenny Flynn served Southern Arizona through various leadership positions at the University of Arizona Foundation for twenty years. Working with a broad array of national and local partner foundations, she raised more than $100 million for the University. She also collaborated on significant initiatives, including building a talent management program and creating and executing a strategic plan to double fundraising.

Prior to her career as a fundraising and foundation professional, Jenny spent time as a National Park Ranger in Denali National Park and Glacier National Park, taught English as a second language in Spain and Italy, and served as teaching faculty and lecturer at the University of Montana, Sinte Gleska University, and Arizona State University.

In Jenny’s first year at CFSA, she is especially proud of supporting a vibrant and equitable community for all southern Arizonans through CFSA’s largest-ever grant round and the launch of the Nonprofit Solar Project, providing solar arrays to power nonprofit organizations, enhancing their sustainability to serve the community. She serves on the board of the MAP Dashboard as well as Sun Corridor