After a career in Baltimore County government and economic development, Mrs. Crabbs worked as a consultant for the corporate business community in Owings Mills, Maryland. She served as a volunteer for the Arthritis Foundation for 15 years, both as Chair of the Maryland Chapter and on the Board of Trustees of the national organization with an emphasis on patient advocacy and medical research.

Mrs. Crabbs was appointed as a member of the Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission by the Governor to help create a program for state-funded research and has also served on the Council for Arthritis and Related Diseases as well as the Board of Trustees of the Hannah More School—a school for developmentally and emotionally disabled youth.