Kevin O'Keefe OAM is a Noongar person with roots in Yued country.
Mr O'Keefe joined the corporate executive team at the Department of Education as a principal advisor of Aboriginal education teaching and learning in 2019, where he provides advice and guidance drawn from his extensive experience in Aboriginal education in school and system contexts.
He has held a number of teaching and senior leadership positions in a range of schools, including leading a multi‑campus remote community school in the Western Desert as executive principal of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands School. He was also an executive director in the former Department of Education and Training with oversight for Aboriginal education and training, and was a senior research officer at Edith Cowan University leading a national research project into Indigenous education.
In June 2022, Mr O'Keefe was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to Indigenous education.
