Parrish is a 2020 Women of Distinction honoree, 2018 winner of the Ocotillo Award for Legislative Advocacy, 2017 winner of the ATHENA Businesswoman of the Year, recipient of the Asian Corporate Entrepreneur Leader Corporate Champion, and PSA Behavioral Health Corporate Champion award winner. She was 2016 Best Opinion Writer in the USA TODAY Network for work on the First Amendment and freedom of speech. Parrish was honored with Gannett Company's annual award for company Purpose. A four-time Pulitzer juror, she is in the University of Maryland Hall of Fame. She is on the board of directors of the Associated Press, is vice chairwoman of the Banner Health board, secretary of the Greater Phoenix Leadership board, appointed by Gov.
Doug Ducey as a Zanjero, and serves on the boards of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, O'Connor Institute for American Democracy,
Poynter Institute Advisory Board, The 19th* News,
Common Sense Media, and Arizona Community Foundation. Parrish has provided commentary on free speech and the First Amendment to outlets including
ABC World News Tonight, CNN, Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, CBS Evening News, Sky TV, UnoTV, BBC and others. Her work has been covered in the Washington Post, USA TODAY, New York Times and more. == 2016 U.S. presidential race ==