Her professional career spans 20 years in executive and senior management positions.
Prior to joining Communicare, Melissa was State Director WA for Mission Australia and Executive Director for Centrecare. She consulted as an Executive to the WA Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention and was responsible for implementing the Government’s Suicide Prevention Strategy across Western Australia.

Melissa is an active participant on several boards. She is currently a co-opted board member of the Community Employers WA Peak Body, a Member of the Supporting Communities Forum nominated by the Premier of Western Australia and was ministerially appointed to the Board of Landgate in 2019. Since 2017 she has been Chairperson of the Board of National Peak Body Jobs Australia and has been a board member since 2015.