[2][1] For ten years she was the CEO of Young Scot, the award-winning national charitable organisation for citizenship for people in Scotland, aged 11–26.

[5] Macdonald is an Independent co-chair of the Scottish Government National Advisory Council for Women and Girls (NACWG).

In releasing the council's third report (January 2021), she is quoted as saying that findings of endemic bias should be countered by 'systemic changes, to help pave the way for intersectional gender equality for all in Scotland, especially those who are too often ignored or forgotten within the current system.

Macdonald was described by the IOD's Chairman, Aidan O’Carroll as a well-connected 'force for meaningful and continuous engagement' and was also said to be 'well respected in the business community'.

[6] In August 2021, she became the first ambassador for the Scottish Seabird Centre, a coastal and marine conservation and outreach organisation based in North Berwick.