Our Founder

Vickie Madison

Vickie Madison is the founder and Executive Director of Excellence Girls' Club, Inc. (EGC). Excellence Girls' Club the prototype at Woodside High School was founded November, 2000.

Vickie attended Norfolk State University where she received a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Psychology as well as taught Psychology of Adolescence as an Adjunct Professor.  Also, Vickie has completed the requirements for the Academy of Excellence, Nonprofit Management Certificate  at  Tidewater Community College and is certified as a Virginia Supreme Court General Mediator. She has worked in the mental health field for over 20 years with children in the areas of positive youth development, substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, gay and lesbian issues and mental health. She has extensive experience in conflict resolution, individual, family and group therapy.

Vickie has received several awards for her work with Excellence Girls' Club, Incorporated.

  • 2013 Divine 9 Award, South Hampton Roads Pan-Hellenic Council (SHARPC)
  • 2011 Community Service Award,  Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • 2009 Making a Difference for Women Award, Soroptimist International of Hampton Roads
  • 2008 Making a Difference Award (MAC), LEAD Hampton Roads
  • 2006 The Salty Sister Award, Virginia Male Adolescent Network's Moms Raising Sons Program

Vickie  is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, a sustainer with the Junior League of Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Inc. and a 2008 graduate of LEAD Hampton Roads.


Vickie's Story

Vickie Madison developed the idea for the Excellence Girls' Club, Inc. while working as a Student Diversion Counselor in a Virginia school system during the 1997-98 school year. A Student Diversion Counselor whose charge was diverting elementary and middle school students from the juvenile court system through counseling in the school setting.

While working with the students, Vickie noted a number of recurring themes among the female students. The girls had poor relationships—or no relationships at all—with their mothers, sexual relationships with older boys, and low-self esteem manifested in self-destructive behavior including abusive relationships, alcohol, tobacco and other drug use.

Vickie formed a girls' group that met weekly for eight sessions. During the weekly sessions, the girls' group discussed the following topics: relationships with mothers, relationships with boys, self-esteem and school. After just one eight week session, parents and teachers noticed improvement in the girls' overall attitude and behavior.

The following school year, Vickie served as a high school Student Assistance Counselor and continued the girls' group. The participants found the program so helpful that one member recommended that the group become an after school club. Unlike the initial girls group, the high school group was not restricted to students who were at risk of becoming juvenile offenders. The girls group was open to all girls despite their race, socioeconomic status, grade point average, etc. In fact the participants at the high school level typically were not exhibiting behavioral issues.

In November 2000, the girls' group became the Excellence Girls' Club. By June 2004, Excellence Girls' Club was incorporated. The following year, 501(c)(3) status was granted to the Excellence Girls' Club, Inc.