The Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society Team

Donna Flood, a distinguished healthcare leader with over 40 years of experience, has made a global impact. She worked with Mother Teresa’s hospice in Calcutta and addressed unique healthcare challenges as Director of Care in Nunavut. As Executive Director of the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society, Donna fosters innovation, collaboration, and financial sustainability. She has expanded Hospice Palliative Care from in house residential care to hospice care in the home. Community programs extend past Prince George and support people across the province.

Honored with the Queen’s Diamond and Platinum Jubilee medals, Donna served as President of BCHPCA and a Director of CHPCA. Her published papers on caregiving and end-of-life preparedness showcase her expertise.

Donna’s four-decade journey reflects enduring passion and profound impact, inspiring healthcare excellence and compassion.

Erin Connelly has joined our team as the Operations Manager – Non-Clinical at Rotary Hospice House. She was born in Prince George, has lived here most of her life, and has a young family. She holds a Master’s of Education Degree in Counselling, comes with 20 years of experience working for Indigenous social service agencies; and most recently served as the Health Director at the Prince George Native Friendship Centre. She is also the President of the Board for Central Interior Native Health Society. Erin has a passion for working with/for Elders and is committed to being involved in the non-profit sector.

Rotary Hospice House Care Aides offer so much more than personal care, cleaning, and meal preparation. They help create a homelike atmosphere by taking care of the garden, ensuring we have plants throughout the house, and making special meals/baked goods when time allows. They welcome guests, family, friends, social workers, physicians and others to the house, and make sure ambulance attendants are well taken care of when they visit us.

Since the team works together at all hours and in sometimes stressful situations; they form close connections and truly support each other when someone is ill or unable to come in to work. They do what needs to be done, and Care Aides make the house home for our guests and hundreds of visitors each year.

Anika grew up in Williams Lake and moved to Prince George to attend UNBC where she completed a degree in Anthropology. She then decided to pursue her accounting designation and completed the Certified Management Accountant program in 2015. Her career started as an Accountant in public accounting and then moved into the forestry sector as the Financial Controller for a local company. She has a broad range of experience in business and accounting and strives to lead her team with integrity, collaboration and encouragement.

Anika has friends and family members who have been touched by Hospice and has seen the positive impact it can make in a difficult time. She is very proud to join the team and support the initiatives set out by the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society.

In her spare time, Anika enjoys reading, baking, painting, or spending time outside gardening and relaxing with her pets.

Laurie has been a Licensed Practical Nurse for 37 years. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Gerontology, is an End-of Life Doula and has been working in dementia education for 14 plus years in the north.

Laurie is married with two adult children. She loves the north, the outdoors, and spending her summer days off fishing and camping. Laurie enjoys indulging in quiet evenings with her husband and their two large dogs and cats.

Susan is originally from Ontario, and has lived in beautiful Prince George since 1999. She loves the people here and it felt like home when she arrived, so she stayed.

With over 25 years of experience in the social services field, Susan has joined the PGHPCS team as the Community Grief Support worker. She looks forward to meeting, walking with, and supporting people who have experienced a loss. In her spare time she loves walking, kayaking, learning new skills, and spending time with her pugs Mister and Missy.

Karen was born and raised in Prince George. She first joined us as a volunteer and after three year facilitating grief support groups has joined the PGHPCS team in grief support. Karen enjoys connecting with and supporting her clients.

Karen loves the outdoors, whether that’s adventures snowmobiling, water skiing, camping or just working in her garden.

Rikki Holland was born and raised here in Prince George, where she then went on to complete her BSc majoring in Psychology and Anthropology. While at UNBC, Rikki fostered a love for musical theatre and spent five wonderful years working with UNBC Musical Productions both on and off stage. Rikki also ran the UNBeeC Apiary Club for six years and has a passion for entomology.

Rikki has previous professional experience working for the Elizabeth Fry Society with women and children fleeing domestic violence, which was an incredibly rewarding field to work in. This experience gave her an opportunity to exercise her skills navigating mental health challenges with women in a trauma informed way. Her beliefs in client centered, compassionate care eventually led her to Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society where she is lucky enough to work with all kinds of amazing volunteers and staff alike. Rikki feels proud to stand alongside the PGHPCS team and the great work they all do, both in Rotary Hospice House and in the community.

When she isn’t working, Rikki is often found enjoying the outdoors, writing poetry, and snuggling with her cat.

Our resale shop staff work tirelessly every day sorting and cleaning thousands of donated items. Both shops have an excellent group of employees who all have a great sense of humor, and truly enjoy working together, as well as for the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society. There’s not a day that goes by without some kind of shenanigan taking place that’s got everyone laughing. We’re lucky that our staff are so “bombdiggly,” as per our very own Mandy Rae!

We welcome you to drop by either of our shop locations, and say hi to this fabulous group of people.

Alicia and her husband Don share their love of community and have instilled this into the hearts of their young kids. They spend their family time outdoors, engaging in community events and love cheering on our local sports teams.

Shea has been helping bring people together through technology for over five years, striving to make our daily lives a bit easier and our technology bit less scary.