Michelle Denise Hawkins is an American atmospheric scientist and chief of the severe, fire, public and winter weather services branch at the United States National Weather Service.

[2] In her role at the National Weather Service, Hawkins leads programs and policies related to severe, public, and winter weather services, as well as weather-support response services for wildland fires in support of National Weather Service land management partners.

[2] In 2014 she worked with undergraduates at Howard University in a campaign designed to expand publicly-available information about summertime weather,[3] and in 2016 she talked with The Daily Beast about heat domes and increasing awareness of weather-related issues.

[5][6] In 2022, Hawkins was named a fellow of the White House Leadership Development Program, and she is assigned to the Council on Environmental Quality.

[7] In 2019 Hawkins was named a "Modern Day Technology Leader" at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards.