 Her positions have included associate member of the New South Wales division of Australian Church Women, member of the advisory committee of the Festival of Light, past chairman of the Appeal Committee, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Sydney, and board member of Save the Children Fund, New South Wales from 1992-94.She was chairman of the Friends of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney from 1983–87, and later from 1998-2000, as well as executive director of the Flower Festival Committee from 1996-97.Her husband since 1946, Dr. John Gallagher, was a Willoughby physician, who practised for more than 50 years.