Resick was elected to the board of directors of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT) from 1992 to 1995. The organisation was then renamed the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), and she was elected its President in 2003–04. She also served on the board of directors of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) from 1997 to 2003. In 2009, she was elected President of the ISTSS.
