Background
Bernitz, Francine S. was born on April 13, 1961, in New York City, New York, United States. Daughter of Irwin and Rita Rappaport.
Bernitz, Francine S. was born on April 13, 1961, in New York City, New York, United States. Daughter of Irwin and Rita Rappaport.
B Engineering Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1983. Master of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, 1986. Master of Business Administration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1988.
Materials engineer United States Army Materials Technology Laboratory, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1983—1986. Senior business planner corporation development Federal Maritime Commission Corporation, Chicago, 1988—1990, sales operations manager chemical products group Downers Grove, 1990—1992, product manager alkali chemicals division Philadelphia, 1993—1994, industry manager alkali chemicals division, 1994—1995, marketing manager chemical products group, 1996—1997, corporation marketing director, 1997—1999. Vice president marketing and corporation communications Ionics, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, 1999—2003. Director of Marketing, PerkinElmer Optoelectronics, 2004 -2010. Director of Marketing, Excelitas Technologies, 2010-2012. President & Founder, Francine S. Bernitz, Strategic Marketing Consulting, 2013 - present, Pittsfield, MA.
Vice chair Today's Girls, Tomorrows Leaders, United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Boston, 2001—2002. Trustee Har Sinai, Trenton, New Jersey, 1996. Chair donor dinner, holiday marketplace Temple Isaiah Sisterhood, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1997, 2002.
Member of International Desalination Association, Association Women in Communications, Suzuki Association of Americas, The Boston Club.
Children: Nathaniel Byron Bernitz, Sophia Ilana Bernitz.