PAs for Women Empowerment has eleven directors, including its officers. Collectively, they serve as the board of directors.
Katerina Dons is one of the founding members of PAs for Women Empowerment, and has been practicing emergency medicine since 2011 in the Philadelphia area. In 2025, she joined principle faculty at St Joseph’s University’s Physician Assistant Program.
Beginning her career with a focus in Evolutionary Anthropology, Geology, and Biological sciences at Rutgers University, she had every intention of pursuing a career in Forensic Anthropology but life had other plans. After suffering an Aortic Arch Dissection at the age of 22, Kat learned about the PA profession and shifted her focus to attending Arcadia University’s PA program. She uses her experiences as both a PA and as a cardiac disease survivor to spread awareness and education as an Ambassador for the American Heart Association.
Katerina’s passion is for public health advocacy & community outreach for the undeserved and under-represented communities. Kat hopes that through leadership, she can provide a platform and give a voice to women are seen and heard, and so that women are recognized as capable and assertive professionals. She is also busy with her family: her husband, her three hooligan sons, a crazy rescue dog, and an embarrassing amount of hermit crabs.
Sabrina Denton is a recent grad of Duke University’s PA Program! She hopes to start in emergency medicine or hospital medicine, and desires to practice in underserved communities. Her prior role as a student delegate has prepared her well to amplify the voice of PAs and PA students as a representative of PAWE. She is passionate about equitable and affordable healthcare and expanding accessibility in rural regions. She hopes to encourage other students to pursue opportunities in advocacy and legislation, and believes that everyone’s voice matters, and that sustainable change begins on the ground level. In her free time, she enjoys camping and hiking, dog sitting, experimenting with new recipes, gardening, and learning new hobbies.
Kirsten Reutebuch currently resides in Orlando, FL, and has been practicing as a PA-C in orthopedic surgery since 2013 and pediatric orthopedic surgery since 2016. Her career highlights include being a lead PA for the Orlando branch of her division, APP Council Chair, and active member on the surgical quality and safety committees. She has also served on AAPA HOD as a member representing Florida. Additionally, she has helped to develop and lead the DVT prevention quality project after pediatric hip surgery and many scoliosis quality and safety initiatives. Kirsten lives with her husband, 2 daughters, and her boxer, Bacon. She enjoys running, a good book, and spending time with her family. She can usually be found at one of the Disney parks on the weekend. Kirsten is excited and honored to be the treasurer for PAWE!
CME Director
Shameice Fischer is an active duty Army Officer of 17 years and currently serves as the deputy director of her medical organization in Colorado Springs. Shameice has extensive experience in organizational leadership and management and has served in many leadership positions throughout her career. As an Army PA, she prides herself in her ability to care for the health and well-being of her fellow Soldiers across the globe. Outside work, she loves volunteering to lead her daughter’s Girl Scout troop and spending quality time with her family. She and her husband of 17 years, Chris, live in Colorado with their son, age 13, and their daughter, age 11.
I was born and raised in Western New York small town close to the Pennsylvania border. I graduated from D’Youville College with my BS/MS of physician assistant studies in 2011. Prior to joining the PA profession, I worked for multiple human service agencies that serve adults with developmental abilities as well as children and foster care. As a PA, I’ve worked in family medicine and hospital medicine. I even worked as a contractor for the Buffalo VA in primary care. These are very rural areas and very limited resources so primary care is definitely a specialty of its own. I coordinate physicals for a charity football game of New York and Pennsylvania youth all stars in my area. It’s called the Big 30 classic. I am on committees for a local charity for breast cancer called the pink pumpkin project, in honor of my cousin Lorie. We do local fundraising, as well as awareness, support, fighters and survivors, help them get to treatment, and offer scholarships to local youth, both in Pennsylvania in New York. I’ve been married to my current husband for the eight years, who has given me three stepchildren and a step grandson. I additionally have four stepchildren and many step grandchildren from my previous marriage. We have two cats and two dogs, and I enjoy volutneering at my local animal shelters and rescues.
Board Advisors
Erin Sherer is a PA and registered dietitian (RD) who also holds a (Certificate of Added Qualifications) CAQ in Emergency Medicine. She currently teaches at the Michigan State University PA Medicine Program, where she is dedicated to educating the next generation of healthcare providers. As the past president of the American Association of Surgical Physician Assistants (AASPA) and the current Leadership Chair for the New York State Society of Physician Assistants (NYSSPA), Erin is excited to join the PAWE team!