For 13 years Dr. Hawkins served as President of Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, Alabama. The former Vice President and Executive Director of the Minirth Meier Clinic, Dr. Hawkins has authored or co-authored over 25 books, including Never Give Up, Master Discipleship Today, How to Beat Burnout, Leadership Under Fire, and Friends in Deed. Dr. Hawkins came to Southeastern Bible College from Back to the Bible, where he served as co-host and producer of the Back to the Bible radio program, heard on over 600 stations worldwide. He hosted the live nationwide call-in program, Life Perspectives, for over twenty years. Prior to that he hosted and produced the award-winning Minirth-Meier Clinic live call-in radio program.

After earning a Bachelor of Arts from Southeastern Bible College in 1967 and a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1974, Dr. Hawkins earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Calvary Theological Seminary in 1998. He is a veteran conference and seminar speaker and has over 25 years of pastoral experience. Don and his wife Kathy have three grown children, twelve grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.