Mike O'Reilly is a Fellow of the PRIA. He has been a Councillor & President of the Public Relations Institute of Australia (SA), a National Councillor and is immediate past  Chairman of the SA Registered Consultancies Group (RCG) that sets and manages standards of the profession within the consultancy framework.

He was on the inaugural Course Advisory Committee for Communications Studies at University of South Australia and has been a guest tutor.

Mike is a former Vice Chairman of the Board of Management of the Australia Day Council (SA), a member and former Councillor of KESAB (Keep South Australia Beautiful) Inc and Member of Victim Support Services Inc. (VSS).

He has been a Community Representative Judge for the Dame Roma Mitchell Media Awards and an honorary PR advisor to the Variety Club of SA and the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital.