In 1994 she served as Senior Policy Advisor on the President's Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform, and in 1998 she served as president of the American Sociological Association.
She played a key role in 1994 as Senior Policy Advisor to the President's Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform, and two years later, she took on the leadership position of president at the American Sociological Association.