Vickie Tonkins

From 1990 to 2003, Vickie raised her family. In 1997, the Tonkins family started a non-profit charity, The Destiny Project, Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO.  She helped start James Irwin Charter Middle School, hiring staff, and overseeing student discipline. She has been a licensed school administrator since 2008. Vickie was a professor for the University of Phoenix from 2009-2017 and taught Critical Thinking. Vickie has been a Facilitator/Trainer in Staff Development for corporations throughout Colorado. She serves Colorado Springs children, who are in the foster care system, as a Social Worker for attorneys who represent these children. Vickie unsuccessfully ran for County Commissioner District 5 in 2018. She is active politically in Colorado Springs and was elected the first black Chairwoman of the El Paso County GOP in a special election on October 12, 2019, and she was re-elected fora second term February 6, 2021. Vickie is the President of the Colorado Springs Republican Women's Club. Vickie is also a member of the District 11 Mill Levy Override Committee for over a year.