Anne Leadbeater was awarded an Order of Australia OAM for services to the community following the 2019 bushfires, and is a fellow of the EMPA (Emergency Media and Public Affairs).
In 2014, she led an international team working with the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal for New Zealand Red Cross.
[9] She was a community development leader within Murrindindi before and after the Black Saturday bushfires [10] and specialises in recovery from trauma and disaster.
[16] She has been involved in community connectedness and how frequency of moving affects disaster recovery, in a project with the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.
[17][18] In 2007 Leadbeater enrolled in studied for the first time, at RMIT where she obtained a Master of Social Sciences.