Qualifications


Summary of Qualifications

Linda Hawkins Linda Hawkins has over 20 years of experience serving the private and public sectors, as a consultant, as a non-profit executive & as a community college administrator managing rural development grants and outcomes assessment projects. For Linda's CV, click here. To contact Linda, click here.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS	PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE	EDUCATION
MEMBERSHIP & AFFILIATIONS	PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS	COMPUTER SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Strategic Analysis & Planning including Stakeholder Analysis	Program, Project & Fund Raising Management
Business Process Analysis Planning	Communication & Marketing Management
Community & Economic Development	Qualitative & Quantitative Market research
Outcomes Assessment & Institutional Research	Facilitate Focus Groups & SWOT Analyses
Organizational Effectiveness	Leadership Trainer & Motivator
Higher education instructor	Non-profit Board of Director: Development, Training & Consulting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Entrepreneurial Activities

Hawkins Strategies Group, Principal & Founder

Established and currently manage a B2B management and marketing consulting firm. Selected results include:

management consulting for a $2 million community college capital fundraising campaign
management consulting for restructuring the foundation development division for a large non-profit
facilitated workshops on Root Cause analysis, stakeholder analysis, and community engagement with a broad-based visioning project
analysis of websites meeting the organization's strategic plan
design and ongoing maintenance of website
produce quarterly newsletters for a livestock organization
feasibility study for a $23 million project in rural community providing significant high wage job development
consulting with non-profits on project funding needs
serving as an interim executive director for a chamber of commerce
coached rural economic and community development working with business groups
facilitating focus groups, community needs assessments, SWOT and gap analyses
conducted economic development studies
conducted national workshops on community development for rural community colleges
grant writing
market research
non-profit board of director training
analysis of board governance issues and consulting on business processes
developed a stakeholder analysis workshop for corporations and organizations

Management & Administrative Activities

Executive management & senior administrative experience in non-profits as executive director and chief executive officer of large United Way & Combined Federal Campaign in southern New Mexico, association management for a large Rotary Club, and in higher education including managing support services & special projects for a large health unit at University of New Mexico, project director and principal investigator for a large Ford Foundation funded grant, Rural Community College Initiative, New Mexico State University-Carlsbad, outcomes assessment coordinator for the University of Tulsa & New Mexico State University-Alamogordo.

Prior to 1983:

Legal administrator and senior legal secretary for two law firms
Established a small statewide insurance brokerage firm
Started career as a financial intern with the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Treasury Department

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, Member, Economic Development Advisory Board
Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, Arizona Chapter, Member
New Mexico Rural Development Response Council, Member, Team Leader
Rural Community College Alliance, Charter Member, Member of National Planning Conference Committee
American Association of Individual Investors, New Mexico Chapter, Member
Belen Chamber of Commerce, Member
New Mexico Rural Development Response Council, Team Leader
New Mexico International Society for Performance Improvement
Community College Alliance, Member, National Planning Conference Committee
American Marketing Association
HUD Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC)-New Grants for Universities & Colleges, National Peer Reviewer
Quality New Mexico Board of Examiners, based on Baldridge Criteria for Performance Excellence
New Mexico State University-Carlsbad, College Instructor
Rural Community Vision, Charter Member, Board of Directors
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, Ambassador1
Tularosa Basin Food Bank, Charter Member, Board of Directors
Vision Forward Educational Foundation, Charter Member, Board of Directors
Rotary Club of Alamogordo, Board of Directors & Board Secretary
Otero County Interagency Council, Charter Member
New Mexico State University Alumni Executive Council, Board of Directors
New Mexico State University Alumni Chapter-Otero, Charter Member, Board of Directors

EDUCATION:

The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Master of Business Administration
Emphasis: Marketing Research, E-Commerce, Strategic Analysis, Entrepreneurship, International Business

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Bachelors of Business Administration
Major: Marketing with additional emphasis in Finance

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Hawkins, L. (2007, February), Stakeholder Analysis. Workshop presented at the Colorado Conference on Volunteerism and Service Learning, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Hawkins, L. (2007, February), Community Engagement by Visioning, Looking at One Community’s Success. Workshop presented at the Colorado Conference on Volunteerism and Service Learning, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Hawkins, L. (2003, October) The Community Has Set Its Goals ... What do we do now? - A Lesson in Implementing Community Goals. Workshop presented under Institutional and Community Capacity Building-Collaborative Partnerships at the 2003 Rural Community College Alliance, 2nd Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.

Hawkins, L. (2003, March) Community Engagement, Putting 'Community' Back into Community Colleges. Workshop presented at the 2003 Rural Community College Institute, Kansas City, MO.

Hawkins, L., Lincoln, C., & Nance, B. (2001, April). Access & Economic Development in Rural America. Workshop presented at the 2001 American Association of Community Colleges, 81^st Annual Convention, Chicago, Ill.

Aguirre, F. & Hawkins, L. (1996, August). Why Reinvent the Wheel? Let's Adapt Our Institutional Assessment Model. Resources in Education. Washington, D.C.: ERIC Clearinghouse on High Education; paper presented at 1996 New Mexico Higher Education Assessment Conference, Albuquerque.

Hawkins, L. & Lillibridge, F. (1995, May). Development of the SPRE Compliance Matrix NMSU-Alamogordo. Paper presented at the 1995 New Mexico Two-Year Colleges Conference, Ruidoso, NM.

Twomey, J., Lillibridge, F., & Hawkins, L. (1995, March). SPRE and the NMSU-A integrated assessment and strategic planning (IASP) process: What we've learned and where we're going. Paper presented at the New Mexico Higher Education Assessment Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Twomey, J., Lillibridge, F., Hawkins, L., & Reidlinger, C. (1995, March). SPRE and the NMSU-A integrated assessment and strategic planning (IASP) process: What we've learned and where we're going. In A Collection of Papers on Self-Study and Institutional Improvement, 1995. Chicago, Ill: North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

COMPUTER SKILLS

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word 2010, Advanced Skills E-Commerce, Advanced Skills SAS, Intermediate Skills

Microsoft Excel 2010, Advanced Skills Internet Research, Advanced Skills Linear Programming, Intermediate Skills

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, Advanced Skills Quicken 2010, Advanced Skills Goal Programming, Intermediate Skills

Microsoft Front Page 2003, Advanced Skills Turbo Tax, Intermediate Skills Decision Analysis, Intermediate Skills

Microsoft Publisher 2010, Advanced Skills Quick Books 2009, Advanced Skills Tree Plan, Advanced Skills

Microsoft Access 2010, Intermediate Skills Crystal Ball, Intermediate Skills GLP, Intermediate Skills

Microsoft Project 2010, Intermediate Skills Excel Statistical Analysis, Advanced Skills Groupwise, Intermediate Skills

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