Hawkins leads the California Association of Realtors (CAR), the nation’s second-largest state association with more than 196,000 members. He stepped into the CEO role at CAR in August 2024 following a nearly 10-year stint as CEO at the Pacific West Association of Realtors (PWR). Hawkins joined PWR, one of the state’s five largest local Realtor associations, in 1998 as vice president of government affairs.