Our people

Melanie Wilde

Chief Executive Officer

Melanie Wilde is a well-regarded advocate in the community and health sectors nationwide. She has led the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education’s national policy, government relations and research work for the last two years, and previously held senior leadership roles in the community and Aboriginal legal services sector, and in global human rights-based development organisations such as CARE. Melanie has also been engaged as a consultant to many social service organisations, with her work spanning issues such as homelessness, LGBTIQ equality, family and domestic violence, drug law reform and criminal justice reform.

A Fulbright-Anne Wexler Scholar, Melanie holds a Masters in Public Administration from New York University, and Arts and Law degrees from the Australian National University. She is a regular guest lecturer at the ANU, Sydney University and the University of Canberra, where she presents to both undergraduate and postgraduate students studying human rights law and public policy topics.