Michelle leads the design, delivery and continuous improvement of community-based and early intervention mental health programs across the state for Open Minds. With more than 20 years’ experience in the mental health sector, Michelle has held senior leadership roles spanning service development, health service planning, commissioning partnerships, advocacy and quality improvement. Her work has consistently focused on strengthening system integration, ensuring clinical, psychosocial and lived experience approaches operate in coordinated and person-centred ways. Michelle is particularly passionate about co-produced service design and the meaningful inclusion of lived experience expertise within practice and governance. She is driven by a commitment to early intervention, relational models of care, and improving long-term health and social outcomes for young people and communities.