Pearl Okoro elected to Rotary Foundation board of trustees

Pearl Okoro has been elected to the Rotary Foundation (TRF) board of trustees (BoT) for the 2024–2028 term.

Okoro, a member of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt, Rivers state, commenced her tenure on July 1, joining a group of leaders managing the charitable arm of the organisation that funds global service activities.

The new BoT member joined the Rotary Club in 1999 and has made significant contributions, serving as an RI learning facilitator, assistant regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, endowment and major gifts adviser, and regional vice-chairperson of the End polio now: Countdown to history campaign committee.

She has been an integral part of the Nigeria PolioPlus and Rotary Foundation programmes committees.

In 2019, Okoro was named among the five Rotary women leading the fight to end polio. She received a certificate of appreciation from the Foundation, Rotary’s Distinguished Service Award, and the Regional Service Award for a Polio-Free World.

Okoro has a 30-year career leading transformation, market development, and management in the insurance industry.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre and a postgraduate degree in management, having also studied at Lagos Business School.

Okoro founded the Romanus Emeanuru Foundation for Empowerment and Education Development, focusing on women’s empowerment, in honour of her late father.

She is an active volunteer with the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation, a humanitarian organization, and a dedicated member of the Knights of St. John International, a Catholic fraternal service group.

Okoro is also the charter president of her chapter of the Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA) and a patron of the Egbu Women’s Association.

She and Kingsley, her husband, are both Rotary Foundation major donors, bequest society members, and benefactors. Their two children are also Paul Harris fellows.

Okoro will serve alongside Mark Daniel Maloney, chairman of the Rotary Foundation Trust, and fourteen other trustees, bringing her unique perspective and dedication to the global philanthropic efforts of the Rotary Foundation.