Raelene served on the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity Newfoundland and Labrador from 2007 to 2015 including a term as Chair of the board. She has been a member of the Habitat for Humanity Canada board since 2016 and served on the human resources, governance and nominating committees.

Raelene maintained a private law practice for almost 12 years before joining the local health authority as in-house counsel and currently holds the position of lLegal Counsel of Medical Services. She has practiced in the areas of real estate, corporate commercial, privacy, human rights, administrative as well as labour and employment law. She has provided training in board governance and agency law and is a sessional instructor at Memorial University teaching labour law, labour relations and business law.

Raelene holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op) from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a law degree from the University of Ottawa.