 Vinet sits on or has sat on the boards of organizations including the "Institut de finance mathématique de Montréal", the Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research, and the Ouranos Consortium.He is the board chair for Fulbright.He has also participated in the research of a number of committees within organizations, among them Montréal International, the Chambre de commerce de Montréal, the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec and the Association of American Universities.