 On January 22, 2010, she announced her intent to resign from the Chancellor's position at UAA, effective 2011.At the national level, Ulmer served as a member of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission for ten years, on the Federal Communications Commission’s State and Local Advisory Committee, the Federal Elections Commission's State Advisory Committee, and as co-chair of the Aspen Institute's Arctic Climate Change Commission.In June 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Ulmer to the seven-member National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.