Mary Hawkins is currently the Director Engagement, Employment Outcomes in the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

Mary is a qualified Rehabilitation Counsellor who has occupied senior management positions in WorkCover NSW, the Motor Accident Authority of NSW and with CRS, a large national provider of vocational rehabilitation services.

Mary has held a number of roles with the NDIA, including setting up arrangements for providers for the commencement of the Trials of the Scheme in 2013, assisting with the roll out of the early transition of the NDIS in Nepean/Blue Mountains in NSW. With the commencement of the transition to full scheme in NSW Mary worked as Director Stakeholder Engagement for the NSW Central region. More recently as Director Strategic Initiatives, Provider & Market Engagement, Mary has assisted with transition in Western Australia and with the introduction of the Disability-related Health Supports in accordance with the decision of the Disability Reform Council in 2019.

Professionally, Mary received the inaugural Award for Outstanding Contribution to Injury Management by an Individual from the Personal Injury Education Foundation in 2008 and for many years was a significant contributor to their education and events subcommittees. Mary was made a fellow of the Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors, having been one of the founding members of that Society. Her work in Rehabilitation Counselling particularly in injury and disability management was recognised by the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Health Sciences who granted her the Alumni Award for Services to Humanity.