Lorraine was appointed Company Secretary to the Board of the trustee for the Foundation in 2001 and then appointed a Director by David Roche in 2009.
Lorraine was employed by David Roche in 2000 and worked with him in North Adelaide as his Bookkeeper and Administrator until his death in 2013. A major task during that time was the creation of a data base to catalogue the Collection, a task that was shared with Martyn Cook the inaugural Director of the House Museum.
An accountant by training and a past member (now retired) of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, Lorraine has held senior administrative positions for various organisations in her career – Company Secretary for British Aerospace Australia Ltd., Business Manager for Benson & Partners Radiology, Financial Controller for the Australian Fisheries Academy.