"I have known Aura Rose since the Interior Health Authority (IH) was formed in 2001. In the early days of IH, Aura made it easy for me to come to a wide variety of events and communicate with both staff and the general public.

Her highly service minded, professional approach to her work shines through in many ways and her ability to gain clear information from a diverse range of stakeholders is very valuable. The regular briefings she wrote for the IH Executive, Board and political representatives were always exemplary.

Aura has also been an asset to IH in times of high pressure. During the forest fires in B.C. in 2003 she took on a central role in (preparing) communications for and with all stakeholders both in the Kamloops and Kelowna areas.

I know that when Aura is writing documents, organizing publicity events or preparing other means of communication, I can always count on the high quality of work we have come to expect from her. I know Aura as a dedicated and passionate communications professional who is truly focused on helping us connect better within and outside our organization, with clients, the general public, staff and the broad range of stakeholders we work with on a daily basis."

 - Alan Dolman, Chairman of the Board, Interior Health

"It has been a delight to work with you. Your truly client focused approach, openness and ability to quickly adapt to what we needed, helped move the project forward with ease.  We are very pleased with the outcome - both the quality of the resulting information for our clients and the timeliness in which it was created."

 - Jennifer Waddell, Senior Director of Clinical Solutions, Novation

"Aura, thank you for the great work you did on A Seat at the Table: Resource Guide for Local Government to Promote Food Secure Communities. You were able to quickly pick up this project and under great time pressure - transform a complex research document into an engaging, action orientated and easily accessible guide that effectively conveys the message to our target audience. Your flexibility, willingness to gather additional information and strong professionalism were all appreciated and certainly added to the quality of the end product."

 - Deepthi Jayatilaka, Provincial Manager Food Security, Provincial Health Services Authority

"I have worked with Aura since the inception of Interior Health in 2001.  She is an experienced, dedicated communications professional and offers high quality service in all aspects of what she does.

Aura provides an objective perspective and relevant, precise information to myself and other leaders within the organization.  She is comfortable working with a wide variety of stakeholders both internally and externally, including members of our Senior Executive Team, politicians, government officials, physicians and support personnel.  Her style ensures people feel at ease when working with her and allows her to effectively gather the information she needs for her work.

What I appreciate most about Aura is her flexibility, her commitment and her ability to draw out the required information while ensuring others feel heard and appreciated."

 - Alison Paine, Director of Communications, Interior Health

"The way you revamped our 2008 Environmental Excellence Awards promotion and helped us by developing and facilitating the awards communication process was excellent. Your many suggestions and hands-on assistance with media promotion, your connections with the award winners and help in helping them spread the word and your assistance at the awards presentation were all very valuable and appreciated.

Your work on reorganizing the Operations content from the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment website to the Practice Greenhealth website was wonderful. You weeded out old and incorrect information and flagged the issues we had to solve with the site set up and presentation. You were able to gather information from across the old site, reorganize it as requested and rework it using language and a visual appeal that is now attractive, accessible and of interest to a wide audience. Thanks so much."

 - Julie Taylor, Manager Web and Member Communications, Practice Greenhealth

"A clear thinker, a prolific writer and an excellent problem solver, Aura is a highly quality-minded professional whom I would recommend to any of my clients."

 - Jan Enns, Jan Enns Communications; Client and Colleague

"Aura, I really appreciated your presentation.  It is a great resource and you are an engaging presenter."

 - Ruth Abramson, Principal at Walk the Talk Strategies and Corporate Manager, Environmental Sustainability, PHSA

"Aura's ability to listen to many voices at one time and pull out the 'key points' never ceases to amaze me.  Her objectiveness always adds value to our work!"

 - Lee VanMeter, Project Leader, Staffing Services Redesign, Interior Health

In regards to a report about enhancing communications with physicians which included surveying 1,150 physicians in the health region as well as interviewing over 25 individuals:

"I found the information in it to be very prudent and the recommendations you provided were exactly what we are looking for."

 - Clay Barber, Director Medical Administration, Interior Health

In regards to a 6-page monthly staff newsletter written for 18,000 staff in a B.C. health region and used as an information piece for both the Ministry of Health and the general public:

"The newsletters Aura has written for us are excellent.  Good tone and very informative.  The one she wrote shortly after the massive forest fires in our health region I consider a collector's item for when staff retire."

 - Chris Mazurkewich, Chief Operating Officer - Strategic and Corporate Services, Interior Health

"Aura acted as the Communications Representative for the Interior Health Green Committee for over 3 years.  Aura was an integral part of our committee, bringing ideas and personal dedication to green issues to her work.  She is bright, insightful and hard working and helped the committee recognize the importance of considering all sides when communicating about green health care."

 - Mike McRitchie, Past Chair of the Interior Health Green Committee

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