Trudy Morgan (born 1966) is the first African woman to be awarded a Fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and the first female Vice President of the
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...
Institution of Engineers.
Born to
Sierra Leone Creole
The Sierra Leone Creole people ( kri, Krio people) are an ethnic group of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Creole people are lineal descendant, descendants of freed African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Sierra Leone Liberated African, Liberated Af ...
parents in Liverpool, United Kingdom, Morgan and her family moved back to Sierra Leone where she received her education in civil engineering.
In 2015, Morgan co-founded the non-profit Sierra Leone Women Engineers, to support women in engineering. Morgan is also the Program Director for Hilton
Freetown
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and p ...
Cape Sierra Hotel, a member of the Professional Engineers Review Council and the UK's Institution of Civil Engineers International Representative to Sierra Leone.
References
External links
Fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE)Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers
1966 births
Living people
Sierra Leone Creole people
Sierra Leonean engineers
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