Our Board of Trustees

Founder, Chair and Executive Director

Erasmia Spyros

From my early childhood, I would bring home any living creature that crossed my path, especially if they were injured. I would instinctively find natural ways to heal them. My parents also taught me self-healing remedies with herbs, teas and helping out my father in the vegetable garden while my mother made fresh home cooked meals all day. Over time, I found myself healing sick or injured animals.  My passion for health, wellness and compassion steered me to becoming a registered nurse and then I went on to obtain more credentials as a nutritionist.  I started a healing practice in 2005, and I incorporated equine and canine health into my therapies. 

In 2017, I embarked on my first donkey rescue.

Additional Board Members

Priscilla Broward

Priscilla Broward is a former CPG executive, passionate about health, humanity, our earth, and the animals that live with us. She is currently the founder and managing director for Ultimate Beauty Health Inc. Her experience as an entrepreneur and commitment to cause-related endeavors throughout her career offers our mission the strategic planning necessary for success.

Michele Belmonte Colaianni

Michele Colaianni is a retired entrepreneur with extensive sales and marketing experience. She has supported, rescued, fostered and owned numerous animals over the years. She is devoted to donkeys and horses. Her love for animals, patience, health and healing brings her to support Western Spirits Donkey Sanctuary.