Dr. Linda A. Vanotoo is a seasoned health professional with over 35 years in health care provision and management; she has been in management position at various levels of health care over a long period of time and she has performed exceptionally at each level. Currently, she is the Country Director for the USAID funded , Health System Strengthening Accelerator (Accelerator) programme in Ghana. She is the CEO for Sound Health and Investment Consultancy Service and Founder / CEO for the NGO, Promise Initiative Ghana. Dr. Linda Amarkai Vanotoo is married with four children. Dr. Linda Vanotoo is the former Regional Director of Health Service for the Western and Greater Accra Regions. She holds several degrees and certificates including BSc Human Biology; MBChB; Master of Tropical Paediatrics; Applied Epidemiology; Surveillance for management of Public Health Interventions; Reproductive Health and Development: Analytic Skills for Policy and Programmes; and Executive Masters in Business Administration. Dr. Linda A. Vanotoo has PhD in Public Health from the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon. Her area of study was “Contributors to intrapartum fetal deaths in six selected hospitals in the Greater Accra Region.” She is a Fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians where she serves as a part time lecturer and the coordinator for the Family and Reproductive Health course. Dr. Vanotoo is a member of the International Stillbirth Alliance and Board member for the Stillbirth Advocacy Working Group. She is a trained life coach.