 She worked in the Institute of Human Resources at Boise State University, Idaho, specialising in childcare policy.On return to Australia she was a Program Officer in early childhood education for the NSW Department of Youth and Community Services 1976–1988.In 1980 Nick Greiner was elected to the NSW Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party, becoming Leader of the Opposition in 1983, and defeating the Labor Party's Barrie Unsworth in 1988 to become Premier of New South Wales.