Dr. Finlay's leadership roles in the field of public health are a testament to her influence and impact. She is the Associate Dean Equity Diversity an Inclusion in the Faculty of Arts Socisl Science and Humanatiesand the Head of Teaching and Learning at the School of Social Science and was formally the academic program director for the Bachelor of Public Health. Additionally, she Chair of Thirrili, Australia’s only Indigenous suicide postvention organisation.. She has also held significant positions in key organisations, such as Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW Ethics Committee, Co-Vice Chair of the World Federation of Public Health Associations Indigenous Working Group and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Vice President for the Public Health Association of Australia, as well as the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Special Interest Group Co-Convener.