Maureen Orchard was the president of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation from 2002 to 2014, and its secretary general from 2014 to 2018.

She was elected a member of the Basketball Manitoba's board of directors in 1963, and was its president from 1973 to 1981, and its treasurer for 24 years.

[2] In 2002, she was elected president of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), a position she held for twelve years.

[2] She was as a Technical Delegate at three Paralympic Games, and was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.

[1] After stepping down as president of the IWBF in 2014, she remained a member of its executive council as its secretary general.