Lynette has held program and policy roles in the public service both in Australia and overseas. She has worked in a broad range of areas including population health, sport, mental health, disability, aged care, agriculture, family and advocacy services. Lynette has undertaken tertiary studies in social work, legal studies, sociology and public health. Her Master’s thesis was on ‘The role of values in public health interventions aimed at achieving behaviour change’. Lynette is a Sir Roland Wilson Scholar and is undertaking qualitative research on the positive and negative impacts of hybrid work on workers and managers.