Joanna McMinn has over 35 years of working in and with women's organisations; her background is in adult education, community development and organisational development. She has been a development worker, a manager, an academic and a Chief Executive, as well as a consultant in the NGO and not-for-profit sectors.

She was the Director of the Women’s Resource and Development Agency in Belfast from its beginning in 1983 until 1994, when she undertook a doctoral thesis, The Changers and the Changed, focused on women’s education and the promotion of social justice for women in Ireland, north and south. From 1986 to 1993, Joanna taught Women’s Studies as an Open University tutor, and has worked also as a part time tutor with the Transitional Justice Institute in the Ulster University. In 1992, along with Eilish Rooney, Joanna received the Roby Kidd Award for Innovation in Adult Education.

From 2001 to 2009 Joanna worked as the Director of the National Women’s Council and has been involved in several all-island feminist initiatives and networks, including the Power Partnership, Hanna’s House and the current All Island Women's Forum.

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