Rhonda Galbally (born 1948) is an Australian working in health development and social and health policy in Australia. Galbally was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1991, holds honorary degrees in health and social science from RMIT and La Trobe universities, and was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 in recognition of her service to the community.
Galbally began her career in the early 70s as a teacher at secondary and tertiary levels. In the late 70s she was senior policy analyst for the Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS). in the early 80s Rhonda was CEO of the Sidney Myer Fund and the Myer Foundation, Australia's progressive philanthropic grantmakers. Since the mid 80s, Rhonda has been the founding CEO of five new Australian organizations, including in the mid 1980s the Australian Commission for the Future, in the late 1980s and for 10 years as CEO the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation[1] ,in the late 1990s the Australian International Health Institute - now the Nossal Institute at the University of Melbourne and from 2000 to 2010 she was CEO of the community resource directory Our Community. As of 2011, Galbally was appointed as establishment CEO of the newly created Australian National Preventive Health Agency - involving developing the first five year strategic and operational plans. She is currently the Chair of the International Evaluation Committee for the Thai Health Promotion Foundation, the Chair of the National People with Disability and Carer's Council, and the Royal Women’s Hospital. Galbally is a member of the independent Advisory Panel for the Productivity Commission Inquiry into a lifetime care and support scheme for people with a disability and chronic illness. Rhonda is Patron of the National Disability and Carer's Alliance and Compassionate Friends. Rhonda is a member of the Patrons Council of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria.
Pluto Press published her first book, Just Passions (1-86403-296-0) in 2004.