Simultaneously, she served as assistant commandant for human resources where she had oversight of the Coast Guard's HR professionals.

During her tenure, the Eleventh District stepped up its inter-agency collaboration leading to record drug seizures including the MV Gatun, the largest maritime interdiction in US history, and the arrest of Francisco Javier Arellano Felix, head of the Arellano Felix drug cartel.

Afterwards, she was assigned to the Pollution Response Branch of the Marine Environmental Protection Division at the Coast Guard Headquarters.

Subsequent duty assignments have included the Coast Guard Pay and Personnel Center, Coast Guard Headquarters, postgraduate school at the University of Maryland, chief of Officer Candidate School at Training Center Yorktown, Virginia, executive officer of Integrated Support Center Seattle, Coast Guard Personnel Command (chief, officer assignments), Industrial College of the Armed Services, the Coast Guard Personnel Command (assistant chief and chief, Officer Personnel Management Division), and commanding officer, Coast Guard Recruiting Command.

She is currently on the board of visitors for the National Defense University, and serves as vice chairman for the California Governor's Military Council.