Brian Hawkinson
Executive Director Recovered Fiber, American Forest & Paper Association
Brian Hawkinson is American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) Executive Director, Recovered Fiber. In this role, he manages issues and programs that promote increased paper recycling and maintain member company access to mill-quality recovered fiber for use in manufacturing new pulp, paper and paperboard.
Before joining AF&PA, he held leadership positions with: Hawkinson Group, LLC, where he assisted AF&PA in establishing the Paper+Packaging Board; DDC Advocacy, where he provided strategic counsel to clients that improved the effectiveness of their employee political engagement efforts; Public Affairs Council, where he led the organization’s management consulting practice, helping members adopt effective practices that improved corporate public affairs operations; and, United Way of America, where he managed the United Way system’s engagement with Fortune 500 companies.
Brian is a former adjunct faculty member of The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. He is also a past member of the boards of directors of The Recycling Partnership and the National Recycling Coalition. Brian holds a BBA from James Madison University and an MBA from the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.
Before joining AF&PA, he held leadership positions with: Hawkinson Group, LLC, where he assisted AF&PA in establishing the Paper+Packaging Board; DDC Advocacy, where he provided strategic counsel to clients that improved the effectiveness of their employee political engagement efforts; Public Affairs Council, where he led the organization’s management consulting practice, helping members adopt effective practices that improved corporate public affairs operations; and, United Way of America, where he managed the United Way system’s engagement with Fortune 500 companies.
Brian is a former adjunct faculty member of The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. He is also a past member of the boards of directors of The Recycling Partnership and the National Recycling Coalition. Brian holds a BBA from James Madison University and an MBA from the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.