Mrs Ward has been a member of the Liberal Party since 1991 and served in various capacities including as a Branch President, Conference Vice-President, Convention Committee member, on the Women’s Council, as Chair of the Constitution Standing Committee and an Urban Representative on the NSW State Executive.
Mrs Ward served as a Director of the Australian Rugby Foundation Board (now Rugby Australia Foundation). Mrs Ward is Deputy President of The Scots College Foundation Board.
Mrs Ward is a mum to two teenagers whom she is busy raising together with her husband David.
Mrs Ward is Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Israel and a Member of the Rotary Club of Sydney. Mrs Ward served on the Board of Women Lawyers.
Mrs Ward entered Parliament in 2017 following the retirement of the Hon Greg Pearce, former Minister for Finance and Services and Minister for the Illawarra. Mrs Ward is passionate about law and justice, finance, sport and women's participation.
In 2019 Mrs Ward chaired the joint select committee on Sydney's Night Time Economy.
Mrs Ward graduated from The University of Adelaide in 1996 with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Bachelor of Arts (Jurisprudence) (BA Juris). Mrs Ward was admitted to the South Australian Supreme Court and the Australian High Court in 1996 and the NSW Supreme Court in 1997. Prior to entering Parliament in 2017 Mrs Ward practiced law for twenty years as a commercial litigation solicitor. Outside of professional legal practice, Mrs Ward has worked in Financial Services and Government.