Trudy Morgan
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Liverpool, England, UK

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 Institution of Engineers.

Born to Sierra Leone Creole parents in Liverpool, United Kingdom, Morgan and her family moved back to Sierra Leone where she received her education in civil engineering.[1]

In 2015, Morgan co-founded the non-profit Sierra Leone Women Engineers, to support women in engineering.[2] Morgan is also the program director for Hilton Freetown Cape Sierra Hotel,  a member of the Professional Engineers Review Council and the UK's Institution of Civil Engineers International Representative to Sierra Leone.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Technology and Science: Women in STEM". Swenga. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  2. ↑ "About – Sierra Leone Women Engineers". Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  3. ↑ "Sierra Leone's Trudy Morgan Makes History by Becoming the Institution of Civil Engineers' (ICE) 1st Female Fellow in Africa". insightmedia. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
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