
Tina L. Vick was born and raised in Newport News in the Southeast Community. She was educated in the public school system and graduated from Homer L. Ferguson High School in 1980 and went on to receive her bachelor of science degree in communications in 1984 from Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2011, she attended the Alpha College of Real Estate and became a licensed real estate agent. She is currently owner and principal real estate broker of Tina L. Vick Realty, LLC. Vick has a daughter and a son, Teunsha and Terrance Vick, and grandsons, Shamar, Tyree, and Tyson.
Since being elected to office in July 2008, Vick has led the efforts to obtain 3 new housing complexes in the South District; the Noland Green Apartments, 60 adaptive reuse units for mixed income families, and also the Heritage Forest Apartments, 248 newly constructed apartments and Brennan Pointe Apartments.
Vick is chair of the consortium for the Hampton Roads Workforce Council and in 2008, she pushed to form a committee to employ 150 youth in Newport News with the summer youth employment funding from President Obama.
She was tired of the future site of the MLK Plaza sign in her district, and encouraged the city council to build the plaza. It was completed in 2010. Also in 2010, Vick was the lead advocate for summer jobs for low income youth in her district. During the summer job program, 1500 youth ages 16-24 were employed through the Summer Training & Enrichment Program. Vick has worked to bring the first Walmart to her district, a district that has for years been underserved and most recently, a newly-built full grocery store to a food desert in her district. Her strong advocacy for investment in an underserved area has led to millions in city revenue for retail and co-working space, infrastructure improvements, including underground utilities and new streetscape designs in the Lower Jefferson Avenue Corridor, as well as increased economic development. In 2019, Newport News received a $30 million grant from HUD to repurpose its oldest public housing units in Ridley Circle.
The award winning speaker, real estate professional and author is featured in publications such as “MyTime Magazine for Women,” the “New Journal & Guide,” the “Hampton Roads Voice,” and a variety of radio and television shows. Her awards include the Suntrust Diversity & Inclusion Award, Hampton Roads Black Caucus Breakfast of Champions Award, EBONY NN Community Award and the Norvleate Downing-Gross Achievement Award. She is also the founder and CEO of “Girls Camp” for teenage girls ages 13 to 18 in Newport News to assist young girls in underserved neighborhoods with decision-making and life skills training, under her non-profit, Women’s Empowerment Development, Incorporated. The non-profit recently received the Governor’s Virginia Statewide Business District Resurgence Grant Award in 2022.
The Honorable Councilwoman Vick was re-elected for her fourth term in office in 2020, and was voted by her colleagues to serve as the Vice Mayor for two terms (2016-2020.) She wants to continue to implement policy for Newport News citizens. She is the author of her first book, “Growing Up Vick, The Strength and Resilience of the Vick Family.” Vick was recently featured on the national television show, “ESPN 30 for 30, Vick,” A Documentary about former NFL Superstar Quarterback Michael Vick, who is Ms. Vick’s nephew.