Oremeyi Kareem

CEO/FOUNDER VOME’

LOUISVILLE, KY

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ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS:

Connecting the Great Diaspora, Non-profit, President, ACF Louisville Elders, Advisory Board, Kentuckiana Africans United, Board of Directors

PERSON MOST LIKE TO MEET:

Oprah Winfrey

HOBBY / LEISURE ACTIVITY:

Travel & Tourism, Writing, Dancing to Afrobeats

SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT ME: I used to stutter and was very quiet and shy.

WORDS THAT INSPIRE ME:

“It is impossible until it is done.”

-Unknown

Oremeyi

Kareem is a Storyteller; born and raised in Nigeria, West Africa. She moved to the US and relocated from Florida to Kentuckiana in 1996. She possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Science and a Minor in Psychology. She later pursued a degree in Nursing and currently works as a geriatric staff nurse. A few years after working in Dementia/Alzheimer’s units, she became the Nurse Manager, and shortly afterward, she became the Director of Alzheimer’s.

Oremeyi has a wide range of experience in leadership. She served two terms as the first female president of the African Christian Fellowship, Louisville chapter, ACF Inc; before her second term was up, she was nominated and elected to serve as the first female president on the regional level. She served two terms in that regional capacity.

As a TEDx and inspirational speaker, she motivates people to tell their stories.

She serves as the Executive Director for Kentuckiana Africans United (KAU), an organization of Africans living in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The organization is focused on economic empowerment, education, healthcare access, community service, and networking within the local African community.

Oremeyi has formed networking connections between Africans in the Diaspora and African Americans. She has completed leadership and Business training, a Community impact fellowship with Funds for the Arts, and served as a NeXt Gen. Board member in Louisville, KY. She is also a Louisville Welcome Academy graduate with the office of Globalization with the office of the mayor of Louisville. She graduated from the Focus Louisville: a Leadership Louisville program.

Kareem volunteers her time and is heavily involved in charity and community engagement. She mentors many young girls and has a mentoring program called “In the Zone.” The goal is to mentor, support, empower, and equip teenage girls.

She is married and has three beautiful adult children.