Recently retired as the Executive Director of the Australian Psychological Society. Previously the Head of the School of Psychological Science at La Trobe University and the Inaugural Director of the Victorian Parenting Centre. Extensively involved in many Federal Government Advisory Committees to do with mental health and had leadership roles in KidsMatter and HeadSpace, as well as being instrumental in obtaining funding for psychologists to deliver mental health services under Medicare. Lyn is a clinical child and family psychologist and was awarded an OAM for “service to the welfare of children and families, and the development and advancement of training and education in the field of child, adolescent and family psychology.”