- Harvard Chan School of Public Health – Nutrition Round Table Steering Committee.
- Founding Trustee of the Vela Foundation, a private foundation that promotes nutrition education and healthy food access with an emphasis on underserved communities.
- She has previously served on the boards of Families United in Educational Leadership (FUEL), Wide Horizons for Children, The Osterville Historical Society and Hearth, Inc. Bernadette is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University.