When Tanner was released on April 5, 2008, Dalton succeeded her as the president of the organization.

In 2009, Dalton spoke at the student body of BYU at their weekly devotional with an address entitled, "Zion Is the Pure in Heart".

[5] Consistent with current terms of service for church auxiliary presidencies, Dalton and her counselors were released at the April 2013 LDS Church general conference, with Bonnie L. Oscarson succeeding Dalton.

[6] She married Stephen E. Dalton in the Salt Lake Temple on September 13, 1968 and they are the parents of six children.

[7] In July 2013, Dalton was appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of Utah Valley University and from 2015 to 2019 served as the chair.