Meet The Board

James Hawkins II, PhD, LPC

Each month, we will be featuring one member of the Excellerate Foundation Board. Our April board member highlight is James Hawkins II, PhD, LPC

LAST UPDATED • April 22nd, 2021

About James

James L. Hawkins II, Ph.D. has over a decade of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor and we are thrilled to have him on Excellerate Foundation’s board. As a board member, James specifically focuses and serves on our Social Support and Hark committees.

James is a certified Emotionally Focused Therapist and Supervisor and serves as a clinical director and therapist at The Joshua Center. Additionally, he is a speaker, consultant, is a co-host of a wonderful podcast called The Leading Edge, and is on the team at Success in Vulnerability. He has a passion to help people flourish in relationships from marriage and family to organizational health, and community race relations.

You can read more about James on his website dochawklpc.com.

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