Andrée Robichaud has worked in the New Brunswick public service for 20 years.

In November 2006, she was named to the newly created post of Associate Deputy Minister of Health.

She joined the Department of Health in 2001 as Executive Director of Planning and was then promoted to Assistant Deputy Minister for Planning and Medicare Services after serving as regional director of human resources with River Valley Health in Fredericton.

She has been a key participant nationally and provincially in the Santé en Français initiative to improve the health status of francophone’s and to increase the number of francophone health care professionals. Robichaud also chaired the Conference of Federal Provincial Deputy Ministers Advisory Committee on Health Delivery and Health Human Resources. She also played a major role in the establishment of a medical training program for francophone students in Moncton.

A native of Campbellton, Robichaud is a graduate of the Université de Moncton, where she earned a Bachelor degree and a Masters Degree in Public Administration.