Yr Athro Laura McAllisteryw Cadeirydd Chwaraeon Cymru ac Athro Llywodraethu yn Ysgol Reolaeth Prifysgol Lerpwl. Cafodd ei haddysgu yn Ysgol Gyfun Bryntirion, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, a graddiodd o Ysgol Economeg Llundain a Phrifysgol Caerdydd, lle cwblhaodd PhD mewn gwleidyddiaeth. Roedd Laura yn aelod o'r Comisiwn Richard ar Bwerau a Threfniadau Etholiadol y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol a adroddodd ym mis Mawrth 2004, a rhoddodd gyngor ar ymchwil i'r Panel Annibynnol ar Gyflogau a Lwfansau Aelodau'r Cynulliad yn 2008-09. Mae'n Athro Gwadd Anrhydeddus ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, Prifysgol Technoleg Queensland, Brisbane, Awstralia, ac Ysgol Weinyddiaeth Genedlaethol Tsieina, Beijing.
Professor Laura McAllisteris the Chair of Sport Wales and Professor of Governance at the University of Liverpool's School of Management. She was educated at Bryntirion Comprehensive School, Bridgend and is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Cardiff University where she completed a PhD in politics. Laura was a member of the Richard Commission on the Powers and Electoral Arrangements for the National Assembly which reported in March 2004 and she provided research advice to the Independent Panel on AMs' Pay and Support in 2008-09. She is Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia and the China National School of Administration, Beijing.