Jill Gallagher is a proud Gunditjmara woman from Western Victoria who is also an accomplished and experienced strategic leader. Championing the needs of the First Nations community,
Jill has spent more than 20 years advancing Aboriginal health and wellbeing through her work as CEO of Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO). Having dedicated 30 years of her career towards advocating for Community, Jill is recognised as a respected Aboriginal leader through various accolades including being inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2009), awarded the Order of Australia (2013), and inducted into the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll (2015).
From 2017 to 2019, Jill served as Victoria’s first Treaty Advancement Commissioner.
Jill received the degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa by the University of Melbourne in 2023.
