On February 28, 1969, an interested group of Alpha Kappa Alpha women living in the Colorado Springs community, met for the purpose of establishing a graduate chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
On November 14, 1970, after several months of planning and carrying out worthwhile activities, Iota Beta Omega was chartered. Jewel Freeman, Mid-Western Regional Director, presided over the ceremony held at the Broadmoor Hotel. After the chartering ceremony, Iota Beta Omega Chapter officers were elected.
Those elected as chapter officers were: Vivian Arnold, President, Virginia Dews, Vice-President, Johnnie Martin, Secretary, Emma Lee Phoenix, Assistant Secretary, Marilyn Thomas, Treasurer, and Sophie Willie, Ivy Leaf Reporter.
Charter Members - The Visionaries
Vivian A. Arnold*
Raella Brown
Wilma Campbell
Virginia Dews*
Ecra Hill*
Minnie Ray Hunter
Lillian Mallory
Johnnie R. Martin*
Mattie Murray
Emma Lee Phoenix*
W. Juanita Roberts
Doris Shannon
Florence Simmons*
Marilyn Thompson
Sophia Willie
Chapter Presidents - The Foundations of Leadership
Vivian A. Arnold*
Lillian Mallory
Mary Smith
Betty Chambers
Johnnie Martin*
Bessie Dowdell
Angela Stevens
Essie M. Bell*
Whaletha Cullins*
Mildred Guy*
Carolyn Williams
Gloria Johnson
Danielle Summerville
SiMona L. Johnson
Emma Lee Phoenix*
Portia Vaughn*
Stephanie Gant*
Regina Baker
Tammy Pritchett
Pandora Osler
Sophie C. Sims
The 1972 Initiates - The Trailblazers
Athenia M. Bailey
Whaleta Cullins*
Mildred Guy*
Carolyn Hunter
Virginia Fields
* deceased