Professional Bio
Shaunice Hawkins, MS, mMBA, CSSGB (she/her/hers) is an award-winning corporate veteran and educator with over 25 years of experience in global equity and inclusion, human capital management, and business.
As principal of Evolutions Consulting + Advising, Hawkins is routinely solicited by Fortune 500 companies, startups, agencies, and nonprofits alike. BNY Mellon, ByteDance/TikTok, Chubb Insurance, Complex Media, Girl Scouts of America, GlaxoSmithKline, impact.com, Indivisible Project, Jackson Lewis PC, JetBlue, JPMorgan Chase, New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Procter & Gamble, She's the First, The Financial Times/FundFire, and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) are among the organizations and enterprises she has lent her insights and expertise.
As a faculty member at New York University and Columbia University, Hawkins teaches organizational behavior, conflict and crisis management, ethical leadership, public relations, corporate communication, and other business-related curricula. She also serves as a Capstone mentor for NYU's acclaimed Integrated Marketing & Communications graduate program. Hawkins is the proud double recipient of NYU's School Professional Studies 2023 Teaching Excellence Award, earned via a nomination process that included student, alumni, and faculty recommendations.
Throughout her career, Hawkins has led equity and inclusion, social impact, and social sustainability efforts in various roles: Currently, as board advisor of DEI to the tech industry. Previously, as Vice President of Diversity and Multicultural Initiatives, Head of the MPA Foundation, and Director of Diversity Development for the Association for Magazine Media (MPA) and the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). Prior, as Assistant Vice President of Workforce Effectiveness for both Prudential Financial and Wachovia Securities, and as Mediator for the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Hawkins holds degrees, post-graduate certifications, and professional designations from St. John's University, New York University, Cornell University, Tulane University, Villanova University, Rutgers University, and Northeastern University.
Career Milestones
>25 YRS
Strategy, Implementation,
+ Execution Experience
>20 YRS
Consulting +
Advising Experience
20 YRS
Management + Leadership Experience
>20 YRS
Training, Facilitation,
+ Teaching Experience
Areas
of Expertise
Business Management
Conflict Management
Corp/Org Communication
Crisis Management
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Human Capital Management
Inclusive Leadership
Marketing and Branding
Organizational Behavior
Reputation Management
Strategic Planning/Execution
Team-Building
Speaking
Experience
Live, virtual and recorded events, conferences, conventions, workshops, seminars, podcasts, and media interviews.
Fortune 500 companies,
law firms, academia, tech companies, nonprofits and trade associations, government agencies, churches and religious institutions, and media entities.
Select
Partners/Clients
JPMorgan Chase
Procter & Gamble
Outerwall, Inc.
ESPN
GlaxoSmithKline
Jackson Lewis PC
Chubb Insurance
PR Newswire
I Am OTHER
Complex Media
Working Mother Media
Girl Scouts of America
US Dept of Agriculture
Instructional Experience
Leading Effectively, Ethically
Org Analysis + Assessment
Corporate Communication
Dynamic/Collaborative Teams
HR Workforce Analytics
Theory + Practice of PR
Organizational Behavior
Conflict/Dispute Management
Book
Sample Chapter
Book Description
"It's painful to come to the realization that your passion has 'gone missing'..."
-- Shaunice Hawkins --
You are at your BEST, in every sense of the word, when you are passionate. But, when life leaves you feeling unmotivated, directionless and stuck, you can experience pain, loss -- even grief -- as a result. Passion...Who Needs It? offers you the perfect mix of advice, coaching and motivation needed to rekindle your "inner fire", rediscover your purpose, and help you live the fully realized life you were always meant to live. Don't settle for "playing small". Get your fire, your passion and your life back NOW!
"There is no passion to be found
in playing small - in settling for a
life that is less than the one you
are capable of living."
-- Nelson Mandela --
Buy "Passion"
Book Praise
"It is easy in this economic paradigm shift that we are living in for those that have followed the rules to feel extremely demoralized, frustrated and lost. The book provides a new rule book to get us back to the basics and our authentic selves. [Shaunice Hawkins] provides great ideas and suggestions that are helpful in helping anyone uncover the power that they thought they lost as well as step by step guides, resources and practical information to create some action and help us all rethink our purpose and passion. It is an easy to read collection of expert thoughts and concepts written to be accessible and immediately actionable."
– C. Watson, CEO, Tangerine Watson
"Shaunice Hawkins knows something we all know, and also something we too often forget: We are at our best, in every sense of the word, when we are passionate. It is a topic that, Ms. Hawkins acknowledges, is a perennial subject of books and yet, it is a subject that requires our full attention, if for no other reason than passion can be lost and as a result, we can lose our way...Toward that end, her narrative explores the nature of passion, its importance, the implications of its absence and the rewards of its renewals...If you follow her narrative, allow her to guide you, you may experience, as I did, that formal education, success and sophistication are unreliable guides...Her book sat me down and helped me see that the obstacles that stand in my way--and they are formidable--are also surmountable."
– R. Sawyer, Partner, Limbo St. Marks LLC
"I have read quite a few books on finding your passion. Many of those books give advice on how to find your passion as if it is something external that you can look for and find. While those books have good information, I appreciate and love the perspective that Shaunice Hawkins took in teaching her readers that passion is something that comes from inside oneself. Passion is within everyone even when we do not realize it. Shaunice Hawkins' book is a great resource that teaches how to tap into and capitalize on the passion that is within. This book is a great resource that I will continue to use."
– K. M. Saunders, Asst. Director for Strategic Marketing, Diversity & Inclusion, NC State
Contact
Shaunice Hawkins is available for speaking, teaching, commentary and/or appearances.
Serious inquiries only. Contact directly at info@shaunicehawkins.com.