She was elected to national office as AOTA Vice President from 2007 to 2010, and as AOTA President from 2010 to 2013. In 2014, she was installed as the inaugural holder of the Mrs. T.H. Chan Professorship in Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. In 2015, she was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, USC’s prestigious all-university, membership-only honor society. In 2017, after more than 27 years as Chair, she stepped down from her administrative duties, and she officially retired in 2018. In 2021, she received the USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes retired faculty members’ eminent careers and notable contributions to the university, the profession and the community.