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Marie is well known in the Western Region and across NSW for her services to rural communities.  She owns and manages Old Budda Station in partnership with her children at Tilpa on the Darling River.  In 2006 Marie was acknowledged in the Queen's Birthday Honours list (AM) for her services to NSW rural communities through a range of organisations involved in environmental, conservation, mental health and drought assistance. 

Marie is Chairperson of the NSW Centre of Rural and Remote Mental Health.

Director Local Land Services Western Region.

Member, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council (NPAC);

NPAC Chairperson Management Planning sub committee

Current Director, Mount Grenfell Historic Site Management Board;

Member, National Parks and Wildlife Western Rivers Regional Advisory Committee

Marie was the team leader for NSW (as the Co-Chair of the NSW DPI Rural Women’s Network) on the high level delegation to the 3^rd International Women in Agriculture Congress in Madrid (2002) and DLWC bursary winner to represent NSW at the 2^nd International Women in Agriculture Conference, Washington DC 1998.

Marie was also one of fourteen from the Pacific invited (7 from Australia) to attend the Bangladesh First Peoples Health Assembly 2000.