Peggy O'Neal (lawyer)

Peggy O'Neal
O'Neal at the unfurling ceremony for Richmond's 2017 AFL Premiership flag
Chancellor of the
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Assumed office
January 2022
Vice ChancellorAlec Cameron
Preceded byZiggy Switkowski
Personal details
Born
Peggy Yvonne O'Neal

(1952-04-19) 19 April 1952 (age 72)
Killarney, West Virginia, USA
NationalityAmerican
Australian

Peggy Yvonne O'Neal AO (born 19 April 1952) is an American-born Australian lawyer who, from 2013 to 2022, served as the president of the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). She is the first woman in AFL history to serve as a club president. Since January 2022, she has served as Chancellor of RMIT University.[1]

  1. ^ "Peggy O'Neal announced as incoming Chancellor". www.rmit.edu.au. Retrieved 6 May 2024.