Image of Dr Margaret Crowley Chief Executive Officer, Association for the Blind of Western Australia since 1997, Margaret served as Association Professor and Director of the International Institute for Policy Studies at Edith Cowan University; as Assistant Schools Commission Equity Programs with the Australian Government; Assistant Secretary for the Australian Education Ministerial Committee; Executive Director, Strategic Services for the Department of Training in Western Australia; and is currently Adjunct Associate Professor, Research Centre for Disability and Society at Curtin University.

Margaret has served on a number of Government education, health, disability and research task forces in Western Australia and is actively involved in the development of a vision initiative for Western Australia. She is currently involved in two major research projects which centre around the epidemiology of blinding eye diseases in Western Australia and self management of vision loss for older adults.

Margaret is a leading advocate for evidence based practice in rehabilitation and has established the Guide Dog Discovery Centre as a significant community education centre.