Carey Hawkins Ash

Dr. Carey Hawkins Ash, Esq. supports schools and districts toward success by ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of public education.

Dr. Hawkins Ash currently serves as Managing Director of Community Engagement for Making Waves Academy, a high-performing, majority-minority, public charter school in Richmond, California. Dr. Hawkins Ash most recently supported the California Community Colleges’ Chancellor’s Office in the revision of its administrative regulations pertaining to Distance Education, Correspondence Education, Competency-Based Education, TEACH Grants, and Accreditation & State Authorization, with a focus on institutional equity in his capacity as Co-Founder and Principal of Foresight Strategy Solutions, a K-12-through-college consultancy.

Dr. Hawkins Ash earned both his law degree and Ph.D. in Education Policy and Organizational Leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His primary research focus is ensuring “The First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment Rights to Access Equal Information in America’s Public Schools” for all students.