Hilary Watkins

Hilary Watkins serves as associate director in the Office of System Relations at the Texas Tech University System, where she manages major events, donor and community relations, and key outreach initiatives.

With a professional background spanning event management, fundraising, marketing and real estate, she brings both organizational expertise and a warm, collaborative approach to her work.

Watkins is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration at Texas Tech University (TTU) and remains deeply involved in the arts and community service in Lubbock.

Watkins and her husband, Jonny Verbeten, who earned a doctoral degree from TTU, have five children.