Consultants Summary Qualifications Linda Hawkins Holly Woelber
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.
EDUCATION	PROFESSIONAL SKILLS	PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS	PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS	COMPUTER SKILLS

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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

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE         

Entrepreneurial Activities

Hawkins Strategies Group, a subsidiary of Hawkins Investments
Principal

Established and currently manage a management and marketing consulting firm.  Client projects include management consulting for restructuring a resource development department for a large nonprofit; facilitated workshops on Root Cause Analysis, stakeholder analysis, and community engagement by visioning ; analysis of websites meeting the organization's strategic plan; design and ongoing maintenance of a website for a livestock group; feasibility study for a $23 million project in rural community providing significant high wage job development; consulting with project funding needs; serving as an interim executive director for a chamber of commerce; coaching rural economic and community development with business groups, leading focus groups; facilitating 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 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 & CFC 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 called Rural Community College Initiative at 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 her career as a financial intern with the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Treasury Department

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MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

• Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, Member, Economic Development Advisory Board, 2005 to 2006
• Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, Arizona Chapter, Member
• New Mexico Rural Development Response Council, Member, Team Leader 2004
• 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, Interim Executive Director & Member, 2004
• New Mexico Rural Development Response Council, Team Leader, 2004
• New Mexico International Society for Performance Improvement, 2004
• Community College Alliance, Member, National Planning Conference Committee, 2001-2003
• American Marketing Association, 2001-present
• HUD Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC)-New Grants for Universities & Colleges, 2001 National Peer Reviewer
• Quality New Mexico Board of Examiners, based on Baldridge Criteria for Performance Excellence, 2000
• New Mexico State University-Carlsbad, College Instructor, 2000-2001
• Rural Community Vision, Charter Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2001
• Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, Ambassador, 2000-2001
• Tularosa Basin Food Bank, Charter Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1997
• Vision Forward Educational Foundation, Charter Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1997
• Rotary Club of Alamogordo, Board of Directors & Board Secretary, 1990-1997
• Otero County Interagency Council, Charter Member, 1989-1994
• New Mexico State University Alumni Executive Council, Board of Directors, 1988-1990
• New Mexico State University Alumni Chapter-Otero, Charter Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1997
• YWCA of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Board of Directors, 1984-1986, President-Elect, 1986
• American Red Cross, Tulsa, Chapter, Public Relations Chair, 1978-1983
  
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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.

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COMPUTER SKILLS

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EDUCATION

University of Texas at El Paso                             
El Paso, Texas

Master of Science, Biology

Texas A&M University                   
College Station, Texas

Bachelors of Science, Agronomy

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE         

Entrepreneurial Activities:

JW Group
Principal

Established and currently manage a  consulting firm specializing in contract grant writing and administration for Workforce Boards, private industry, health care associations, and post secondary institutions in the area of workforce development and resource development.  Client projects include facilitating the close out of the current Admin/Fiscal contractor and transitioning to the new contractor, writing a feasibility study for a $23 million project in rural area bringing high wage jobs; managing Board sub-committees, and implementing a proposed strategy to bring the local board into membership

Management & Administrative Activities

Executive management & senior administrative experience in for-profit education institutions, non-profits as executive director and chief executive officer of New Mexico Rural Development Response Council, Vice President of Workforce Development and Education Division for the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, Director-Customized Training for Western Technical Institute in El Paso, Texas, Training Manager, DJ Plastics, Inc., in El Paso, Texas, Project Director for Upper Rio Grande Tech Prep Consortium, El Paso, Texas and Instructor  in  science for El Paso Community College. 

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MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

• Member NM Homeland Security ITAT, 2004-present

• NM Human Resource Managers Society, 2004-present

• Belen Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, Treasurer, Vice President, 2002-present

• Valencia County Cooperative Extension Support Council member, 2003-present

• New Mexico State University Extension Support Council, President, 2003-2004

• El Ranchito de Los Ninos, Planning Committee, 2002-2003

• Top ranked Consortium in the state of Texas, so designated by the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board, Texas Education Agency, Texas Department of Commerce,
  and Texas Governor George Bush; 1995

• American Cancer Society Board of Directors-El Paso Metro Chapter; 2001-2002

• Empower to Earn- Childcare, Board of Directors, 2001-2002

• Success by Six-United Way, Board of Directors, 2000-2001

• Phi Kappa Phi; 1990-present

• American Society of Agronomy; 1982-present

• Crop Science Society of America; 1982-present

• Sigma Delta Epsilon; 1988-present

• Beta Beta Beta; 1989-1992

• Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce; 1994-1997

• Clint Independent School District Board of Trustees; 1990-1991

• Clint Independent School District Vocational Advisory Council; 1989-1991

• Clint Independent School District Personnel and Curriculum Committee; 1990-1991

• El Paso Community College Presidential Search Committee; 1990

• El Paso Community College Southern Association of Colleges Administrative Process
  Principal Committee (Editor), 1991 - 1992

• El Paso Community College Part-time Task Force (Editor); 1991-1992

• El Paso Community College Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee; 1991-1992

• El Paso Community College Faculty Evaluation Committee; 1991-1992

• Upper Rio Grande Quality Work Force Planning Committee; 1992-1995

• El Paso Literacy Coalition; 1994-1995

• Federal Bureau of Prisons Vocational Advisory Committee; 1995-1996

• National Tech Prep Network; 1993-1998

• Multi-District Marketing Committee; 1993-1998

• Career Placement Advisory Committee; 1993-2000; President 1995-1996

• State of Texas Tech Prep Directors Association; 1993-1998; Treasurer 1995-1996     

• Texas Vocational Guidance Association; 1994-1995

• El Paso Society of Human Resource Managers, 1995-present; Education Chair 1998,
  Workforce Development Chair, 1999

• National Society of Human Resource Managers, 1998-2002

• American Vocational Association, 1995-1998

• Alderman, City of Horizon; 1996-1998, Mayor Pro-Tem 1996-1997

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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Over 50 presentations at the national, state, and local level to such organizations as the American Society of Agronomy, American Vocational Association, State of Texas School to Work Conference, National and State Tech Prep Conference, State of Georgia Tech Prep Conference, US Chamber of Commerce Workforce Conference.

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COMPUTER SKILLS

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