Dr Esther Oduraa Ofei-Aboagye, Chair of the STAR-Ghana Foundation is a social policy analyst and a teacher. She brings to the role a long and distinguished association with civil society and national development. She has been a member of the erstwhile Steering Committee of the STAR-Ghana Programme since 2013 and chaired the Steering Committee from January 2018 to December 2019. In addition, she has served as a member of the Board of ISODEC and Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights. She is also a member of WIEGO, a global network focused on securing livelihoods for the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy Until January 2015, she was the Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS). Prior to ILGS, she was employed at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. Dr Ofei-Aboagye has been extensively involved in national social policy formulation and decentralised development management. She has served on a number of public and civil society boards. She is a member of the University of Ghana Council and the Chairperson of the Council of the Presbyterian College of Education. She has also served as the Vice-Chairperson of the National Development Planning Commission and a member of the Ghana Tourism Authority Board. Dr Ofei-Aboagye has a doctorate degree in public policy from the University of Birmingham, UK, a master’s in public administration from Carleton University, Canada, and a bachelor’s degree in economics and sociology and a diploma in education, both from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.