[1] Prior to 2003, Reynolds operated her own business On-Track Training, wrote two books (Just a Tick - A Best Practice Survival Guide for Committees and Boards of Management[2] and Take Your Partner for the Corporate Tango[3]) and taught community development at TAFE.
[1][4] Before entering politics she was instrumental in the establishment of the Torrens Valley Community Centre and was active on various local committees including the Adelaide Hills Tourism Association.
[5] She received a second opportunity a year later when she was selected by the party to fill a casual vacancy in the Legislative Council caused by the resignation from politics of then-Democrats leader Mike Elliott.
[citation needed] Reynolds was described by Greg Kelton, the senior political writer with Adelaide's only daily newspaper as having "a finely tuned social conscience and has not been scared to tackle humanitarian issues such as refugees and asylum seekers".
From 2007 to 2009, Reynolds served as a board member of Arts Access SA Inc. She now operates her own business Liquorice Allsorts Consulting which provides advice and services for small not-for-profit organisations.