Born: Columbia, Missouri

Represents on MWD board: Central Basin Municipal Water District

Joined MWD board: January 2008

Current MWD committee appointments:

Member: Business and Finance Committee; Water Planning and Stewardship Committee

Water industry affiliations:
Elected to Central Basin’s board of directors in November 2000 and reelected in 2004, Hawkins’ district consists of the cities of Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, Paramount and Signal Hill.  He currently serves as vice president of the Central Basin board and chairs the board’s Finance/Administration Committee.  He also participates in the Colorado River Water Authority, the American Water Works Association and the California Contract Cities Association.

Professional and community activities:
Hawkins was elected to the California Assembly in 1994, representing the 56th Assembly District until 1996.  During his Assembly term, he was chairman of the Committee on Housing and Community Development and vice chairman of the Committee on Budget, and served as a member of various other committees.  He has served on the Rancho Southeast Association of Realtors and the Bellflower Township Redevelopment Committee. 

He is a member of the Bellflower, Cerritos, Lakewood and Paramount chambers of commerce.  He is a supporter of Bellflower High School, Paramount High School and the Artesia Library. 

As a community leader, Hawkins was appointed by then-Gov. Pete Wilson as a special director of trade and commerce in 1997.  In 2000, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe appointed Hawkins to the Los Angeles County Assessment Appeals Board.