After Star Trek III, Schwab was production office coordinator on the 1989 action film Black Rain, which featuring art direction by Herman Zimmerman, set decoration by John Dwyer, and performances by Tim Kelleher, Richard Riehle, Stephen Root, and Keone Young. Prior to First Contact, she was production coordinator for the films Necessary Roughness (starring Scott Bakula), Sliver (featuring Jim Beaver, Victor Brandt, Keene Curtis, and Leonard Kelly-Young, with art direction by Peter Landsdown Smith and editing by William Hoy), Clear and Present Danger (featuring Vaughn Armstrong, Reg E. Cathey, Raymond Cruz, Elizabeth Dennehy, Ellen Geer, Aaron Lustig, John Putch, Cameron Thor, and Harris Yulin; with music by James Horner and set decoration by Mickey S. Michaels), Heaven's Prisoners (starrin