Vicki McDonald is a native of Evansville, IN. She graduated from Harrison High School in 1988. She graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in Journalism and Anthropology in 1992 and from the University of Evansville with a Masters in Public Service Administration in 2009.

Vicki's duties with Ciholas include patent writing, human resources and the search to locate a space to build Ciholas' new, energy efficient headquarters.

Vicki serves on the board of the Evansville Museum Contemporaries and ANEW (A Network of Evansville Women) and is a big sister to Alfred through the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Ohio Valley. Vicki is also engaged to be married in 2012 and is the proud mother of two furbabies, Casey and McFly.