The Better Health Foundation (BHF) has appointed local business leader and community organizer Avery Pearl to its board of directors at the organization’s annual meeting.
Mr. Pearl is the West End Revitalization coordinator in Rock Island. He also serves as a strategic consultant to area nonprofit organizations seeking transformational change through capacity building and community empowerment.
He also was a member of the 2024 Quad Cities Regional Business Journal Forty Under 40 class.
Mr. Pearl volunteers for several organizations, including the boards of the Quad Cities Jazz and Heritage Festival, and the Azubuike African American Arts for the Council, as well as the board of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, hosted by the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
He completed a bachelor of arts in political science and African studies from Augustana College, and received the Ralph Bunche Masters Certificate in Political Science and Data Analytics from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
“We are delighted to welcome Avery to the board,” said Dr. William Langley, president of the Better Health Foundation Board of Directors. “Avery has shown a deep commitment to the community through his professional and volunteer pursuits. We will grow stronger as an organization by accessing Avery’s knowledge, skills and passion for the community.”
Dr. Langley and fellow board officers, Rob Woodall, vice president, and Sandi Deke, secretary/treasurer, were re-elected at the annual meeting.
With the addition of Mr. Pearl, 17 community and business leaders comprise the BHF Board that ensures the private foundation achieves its mission of mobilizing philanthropy to measurably improve community health for all the people of the nine-county greater Quad Cities region.
Better Health Foundation accepts grant requests from qualified 501(c)3 organizations in Cedar, Clinton, Louisa, Muscatine and Scott counties in Iowa, and Henry, Mercer, Rock Island and Whiteside counties in Illinois.
