She is the President of GFSG Inc., the NSW association represented on the Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented (AAEGT). As well as the national association’s Vice-President, Melinda is National Facilitator of Gifted Awareness Week Australia. She served on the organising committees for the 2016 National Gifted Conference, the 2017 Gifted Awareness Forum for Educators, and the 22nd Biennial World Gifted Conference. Recent post-graduate study led Melinda to develop an online resource for music teachers of GLD students. An invited speaker on GLD at the 2017 Special Needs Education Summit and 2017 2E Leadership and Research Symposium, USA, Melinda has also presented on GLD at several conferences, including 2017 World Gifted.