The Senator's community involvement spans over 30 years. She has been actively involved in the following organizations:
- The Pilgrim Society Board of Trustees
- The Massachusetts League of Women Voters
- The Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce
- The Massachusetts Public Health Association
- The Barnstable and Plymouth Area Health Advisory Boards
- Chairperson, UMASS Cranberry Station Oversight Board
- CURA Visiting Nurses Association
- UMASS Gerontology Centers' Community Advisory Board
- The Statewide Breast Cancer Advisory Board
- The Upper Cape Lung Cancer Advisory Board
- The Attorney General's Elder Protection Advisory Committee
- The Community Advisory Committee on Leukemia, which covers 26 towns surrounding Pilgrim Nuclear Station.
- M. Patricia Cronin Foundation Board of Directors
- Executive Office of Environmental Affairs’ Coastal Hazards Commission