Mensah

Dr. Ayda Mensah is a female human and the head of the Preservation Alliance Council. She first appears in All Systems Red as a member of the PreservationAux survey team, and later reappears in Exit Strategy, Network Effect, and the short story Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory, for which she is the point of view. She is Murderbot's favorite human.

Biography
Dr. Mensah is the planetary leader of Preservation Alliance, a Freehold polity outside the Corporation Rim. The laws in the Preservation Alliance require elected officials to continue their normal work during their term of office, so Mensah is participating in the planetary survey that contracts Murderbot.

Dr. Mensah lives on a farm outside the capital city, with two marital partners (Farai and Tano), her sister and brother and their three marital partners (including Thiago), and “a bunch of relatives and kids” (according to Ratthi in All Systems Red). Amena is her oldest child (who refers to Mensah as "second mom").

Personality
Dr. Mensah is highly capable, quick to make decisions, and incredibly calm in stressful situations. She is exceptionally smart, which Murderbot remarks upon often.

Physical Appearance
She had dark brown skin and lighter brown hair, cut very short, and I’m guessing she wasn’t young or she wouldn’t be in charge. (All Systems Red, Chapter 1)