GERTRUDE ULOMA IHENACHOR (MRS) RN.PHN.BS.MS.DSD-EDU

Hon. Chief Mrs. Uloma Gertrude Ihenachor was born and raised in Orlu town in Imo State of Nigeria. She has been a Registered nurse and a Public Health Nurse for thirty three years. She obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health ScienceS at California State University in Dominguez Hills, California in1982, followed by a Master of Science Degree in Health Care Administration at La Verne University La Verne California three years later.

She is currently working as a school nurse with Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles California. She is also a part-time teacher and the Chief Executive Officer of Gerthill Allied Health School, a school she founded in 2010 where Nurse’s Assistants and Home Health Aides are trained to become State certified.

Chief Mrs. Ihenachor is a philanthropist, an educator and a community activist. She is very involved in the activities that help the people of her community such as Cultural, Religious, Educational, Health and other Social services. She was the president of two influential women organizations in Southern California and through these organizations, had planned and implemented various humanitarian services and projects that benefited her community in the United States of America and in Nigeria West Africa. She has led a successful medical mission to her home town two years in a row under Gerhill Community Outreach Organization Inc., a non-profit foundation she runs with her family and plans to continue this mission as often as possible. She is one of the founding mothers of Umuada Ndi-Igbo in Diaspora Inc. As the National Vice-President of this organization, she will do everything in her capacity to ensure that the organization moves towards the right direction. She is determined to help Umuada Ndi-Igbo in Diaspora Inc. achieve its goals and objectives.

Serving her community has always been her aspiration. She derives self fulfillment from making a positive impact in the society. She was born into a political family. Her father was a community activist, a school proprietor and a politician who became a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for Orlu Central Constituency. She learned from childhood to render humanitarian services and to contribute positively in any way, to improve the quality of life of the people around her.

She is happily married for 32 years to Hon. Chief Dr Hilary Agim Ihenachor who is also a philanthropist, a politician, an academic, and a former member of the fourth Republic House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They have lived in the United States of America since then and they are blessed with four children.