diff --git a/src/components/OnboardingGate.tsx b/src/components/OnboardingGate.tsx
index 2939e02c..821d86fd 100644
--- a/src/components/OnboardingGate.tsx
+++ b/src/components/OnboardingGate.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import {
   ArrowLeft,
   ArrowRight,
+  BadgeCheck,
   Bitcoin,
   Download,
   Eye,
@@ -129,18 +130,22 @@ function CaptiveOverlay() {
     }
   }, [step, user, cancel, goTo]);
 
-  // Role pick is the final step. Picking a role both records the choice
-  // (used by the role-pick CTA labels) and navigates to the matching
-  // surface: creator → campaign-creation form, donor → full campaign grid
-  // (`/campaigns`, not `/`, so they land on the browse-everything view
-  // rather than the curated home with its own marketing hero). No separate
-  // outro / celebration screen.
+  // Role pick is the final step for creator/donor. Picking a role both
+  // records the choice (used by the role-pick CTA labels) and navigates to
+  // the matching surface: creator → campaign-creation form, donor → full
+  // campaign grid (`/campaigns`, not `/`, so they land on the
+  // browse-everything view rather than the curated home with its own
+  // marketing hero). The verifier role does not navigate away — it branches
+  // into the captive verifier sub-flow (wired up in a later step); for now
+  // it routes to the public /organizations onboarding tool.
   const handleRolePick = useCallback(
-    (next: 'creator' | 'donor') => {
+    (next: 'creator' | 'donor' | 'verifier') => {
       setContextRole(next);
       cancel();
       if (next === 'creator') {
         navigate('/campaigns/new');
+      } else if (next === 'verifier') {
+        navigate('/organizations');
       } else {
         navigate('/campaigns');
       }
@@ -273,7 +278,7 @@ function CaptiveOverlay() {
 
 interface RoleStepProps {
   role: OnboardingRole;
-  onPick: (role: 'creator' | 'donor') => void;
+  onPick: (role: 'creator' | 'donor' | 'verifier') => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -310,6 +315,14 @@ function RoleStep({ role, onPick }: RoleStepProps) {
           selected={role === 'donor'}
           onClick={() => onPick('donor')}
         />
+        <RoleCard
+          icon={<BadgeCheck className="h-5 w-5 md:h-6 md:w-6 text-primary" />}
+          title={t('onboarding.role.verifier.title')}
+          description={t('onboarding.role.verifier.description')}
+          finderNote={t('onboarding.role.verifier.finderNote')}
+          selected={role === 'verifier'}
+          onClick={() => onPick('verifier')}
+        />
       </div>
 
     </div>
diff --git a/src/contexts/OnboardingProvider.tsx b/src/contexts/OnboardingProvider.tsx
index c6060aa1..207dfcc7 100644
--- a/src/contexts/OnboardingProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/OnboardingProvider.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function OnboardingProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     // animation. We re-seed on the next startSignup().
   }, []);
 
-  const setRole = useCallback((next: 'creator' | 'donor') => {
+  const setRole = useCallback((next: 'creator' | 'donor' | 'verifier') => {
     setRoleState(next);
   }, []);
 
diff --git a/src/contexts/onboardingContextDef.ts b/src/contexts/onboardingContextDef.ts
index 23d7c942..9c0e2d46 100644
--- a/src/contexts/onboardingContextDef.ts
+++ b/src/contexts/onboardingContextDef.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import { createContext, useContext } from 'react';
 
 /**
- * The two top-level roles a new user can pick during onboarding. Drives
- * downstream copy (creator vs. donor framing) and the role-pick CTA target
- * (creator → /campaigns/new, donor → /campaigns).
+ * The top-level roles a new user can pick during onboarding. Drives
+ * downstream copy (creator vs. donor vs. verifier framing) and the
+ * role-pick behavior:
+ *   - `creator` → navigate to /campaigns/new
+ *   - `donor`   → navigate to /campaigns
+ *   - `verifier`→ stay captive and branch into the verifier sub-flow
+ *     (org identity → org bio → publish statement → how-to-verify)
  *
  * `null` before the user has answered the role-picker step.
  */
-export type OnboardingRole = 'creator' | 'donor' | null;
+export type OnboardingRole = 'creator' | 'donor' | 'verifier' | null;
 
 /** Options to pre-seed when invoking the captive flow from a specific CTA. */
 export interface StartSignupOptions {
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ export interface StartSignupOptions {
    * Pre-fill the role picker. CTAs that semantically already imply a role
    * (e.g. "Start a campaign") can skip the role step by passing this.
    */
-  role?: 'creator' | 'donor';
+  role?: 'creator' | 'donor' | 'verifier';
 }
 
 export interface OnboardingContextValue {
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ export interface OnboardingContextValue {
    *  finishes or explicitly bails out. */
   cancel: () => void;
   /** Update the selected role from inside the flow (role-picker step). */
-  setRole: (role: 'creator' | 'donor') => void;
+  setRole: (role: 'creator' | 'donor' | 'verifier') => void;
 }
 
 export const OnboardingContext = createContext<OnboardingContextValue | undefined>(undefined);
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index bb289f4a..0201c716 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
         "title": "Give to campaigns",
         "description": "Support causes with Bitcoin.",
         "finderNote": "Your donation goes straight to the organizer's wallet."
+      },
+      "verifier": {
+        "title": "Verify campaigns",
+        "description": "Vouch for campaigns you've checked out, as an organization.",
+        "finderNote": "Donors see your badge on campaigns you trust."
       }
     },
     "keygen": {