Vanessa is Co-Chair of the Queensland Government’s Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council and Chair of the Allison Baden-Clay Foundation. She has been a guiding force in the formation of the Allison Baden-Clay Foundation, named in honour of her sister who was murdered in 2012. The Foundation aims to educate the community to recognise the signs of domestic and family abuse and coercive control, and how to become an effective bystander, using tactics to intervene effectively. As well as her work with the Foundation, Vanessa is an advisor to various groups including the University of Qld Vice Chancellors Sexual Misconduct and Prevention Advisory Group, Southern Qld Diocese of the Anglican Church, the Queensland Government’s Respectful Relationships Education Advisory Group and the Queensland Government’s Integrated System Services Response Advisory Panel.