May 11 2015 - Morning Learning Session Roger Melanson Minister

FMI
South-East
New-Brunswick
Chapter
May 11 2015 - Morning Learning Session
Roger Melanson
Minister of Finance & Minister of Transportation and
Infrastructure - Province of New Brunswick
Denise Frenette
CFO - Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Who:
Sharing
Best Practices
in Managing
Public Sector
Resources
Members and Non-Members of FMI South-East NB
Chapter
Château Moncton
Where: 100 Main St,
Moncton, NB E1C 1B9
When:
Cost:
Monday May 11, 2015
Doors open and breakfast at 8:00 am
Start: 8:30 am
End: 11:00 am
$35 Members
$50 Non-Members
Full breakfast and health break included
Seats are limited, so register soon by visiting our FMI Online Portal
on our website no later than Wednesday May 6, 2015:
http://www.fmi.ca/chapters/south-east-new-brunswick/online-portal/
FMI South-East NB
P.O. Box 27042
Dieppe NB, E1A 6V3
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Roger Melanson
Minister of Finance & Minister of Transportation and
Infrastructure - Province of New Brunswick
Roger Luc Melanson, a Liberal, was reelected to the 58th Legislative
Assembly on September 22, 2014, to represent the riding of Dieppe. He was
sworn in as Minister of Finance and Minister of Transportation and
Infrastructure on October 7, 2014. He is Chair of the Board of Management.
Mr. Melanson was first elected to the 57th Legislative Assembly on
September 27, 2010, to represent the Dieppe-Centre—Lewisville riding. In
2010, he served as the chair of the Liberal Caucus.
During the 57th Legislative Assembly, he served as critic for the Department
of Finance, the Department of Economic Development (responsible for the
Regional Development Corporation, Business New Brunswick, Invest NB and
Rural Affairs), the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and
Labour, the Department of Government Services and the Francophonie, and
for matters related to the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation and the New
Brunswick Investment Management Corporation. He was a member of the
Legislative Administration Committee, the standing committees on Crown
Corporations, Procedure, and Private Bills, and the select committees on
Legislative Reform and Point Lepreau.
A graduate of Université de Moncton, he has a bachelor’s degree in social
science with a major in political science and a minor in business
administration. He also holds a master’s degree in public administration. As
well, he has a diploma in business development from Babson Executive
Education, in Boston. He is a graduate of Clément-Cormier High School.
Mr. Melanson has extensive experience. He has worked in economic
development, international affairs, and provincial politics, as well as in
government at the municipal and provincial levels, and in the community. He
served as the director of economic development for the Economic
Development Corporation of the City of Dieppe and worked in international
business development as Senior Account Executive for the international
company Spielo. He has been a political aide and executive assistant for
various ministers and a former Premier of New Brunswick. He has an ongoing
commitment to his community.
He has served on various boards, including those of the Association des
anciens, anciennes et amis de l’Université de Moncton, the Moncton Flight
College, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, the Canada East Air Cargo
Gateway, and the New Brunswick Aerospace and Defence Association. He is
also a member of the Dieppe Rotary Club.
Mr. Melanson and his wife, Lise Babin, have two children, Émilie and Simon.
They live in Dieppe.
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Denise Frenette
CFO - Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Denise Frenette joined the Public Service of Canada in 1988, working with
the Office of the Auditor General in Ottawa. She moved home to
New Brunswick in 1992 and worked for a private sector insurance company
for five years, primarily in the field of finance.
She returned to the public service in 1998, when she accepted a position as a
program delivery officer in ACOA’s New Brunswick regional office. She has
held a variety of positions with the Agency since then, including that of
Innovation Officer and Director, Innovation. She became Director General,
Finance and Administration in 2006 and assumed the position of VicePresident, Finance and Corporate Services in August 2009. Ms. Frenette was
on assignment as Acting Vice-President, New Brunswick from May to October
2013 and has now returned to her substantive position as Vice-President,
Finance and Corporate Services.
Ms. Frenette has a degree in business administration and is a chartered
accountant.