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his spring, female leaders across Arizona will be honored by 48 Arizona Women, an Arizona Centennial Legacy initiative in partnership with the Arizona Historical Society that recognizes remarkable local women making a lasting impact in their communities, often with little fanfare. The program, only put on every 10 years, showcases how female leaders have transformed lives, built stronger communities, and influenced and shaped the world around us. Among this decade’s honorees is longtime Scottsdale and business champion Abbie S. Fink. Kevin Bacon and Fink have two things in common. The first: dancing, or the ability to fight for the right to dance, more specifically. Much like Bacon’s “Footloose” character, Ren fought for the right to dance when the powers that be outlawed it; Fink fought for a similar right at her area elementary school. “Given it was the 1970s, I technically did it before Ren, trailblazing before my fictional counterpart,” Fink says with a laugh. She organized a formal protest at the school when its administration tried to cancel her class graduation dance. The protest caught the attention of the local news desks, who interviewed 11-yearold Fink about the cause. “The dance was reinstated, but it was the interviews that stuck with me long after we won the right to do the hustle in the school cafeteria.” While her first brush with the media, it was far from her last. However, that is not
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the second commonality with Bacon. Fast-forward to the mid-1980s — freshly graduated from ASU — Fink dealt with the media daily in her public relations role for the Fiesta Bowl. “This time, it was mostly behind the camera, coordinating parade floats and marching bands to appear during nightly newscasts. Baton twirlers and tennis players featured in their local newspaper,” says Fink, who co-founded the Arizona Festival & Events Association and served as its president twice during her earliest days
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