Our Staff and Coaches

STAFF

A small highly qualified staff of part-time employees administers BounceBack Kids operations and programs.

Lisa Brachman is the Executive Director of BounceBack Kids and joined the team in October of 2004. Lisa has been involved in the nonprofit sector in North Carolina as staff and as a volunteer for 20 years. Prior to moving to North Carolina, Lisa worked as an international tax attorney in London and New York.  Lisa previously served as the Executive Director of the North Carolina Legal Education Assistance Foundation and as a pre-law advisor at UNC-Chapel Hill. Lisa has volunteered with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Carolina Friends School, Durham Academy, Judea Reform Congregation, the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, the North Carolina Bar Association, and the Partnership for a Jewish Center.  Lisa holds a Bachelors Degree in History from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of California-Berkeley.  Lisa lives in Chapel Hill with her husband, two sons, and dog.

Kristen Scheiber is the Participant Services Coordinator for BounceBack Kids and joined our team in 2011. Originally from Cody, Wyoming, Kristen has a Bachelors Degree in Anthropology from the University of Wyoming and a Masters Degree in Social Work from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has 12 years of Social Work experience. Kristen specialized in working with at risk foster children in Nevada. She has worked extensively with parents and foster parents helping them to form a caring and supportive environment within their families. Kristen is a marathon runner, having completed 9 full marathons. She lives in Cary, NC with her husband and two children.

It is an honor to work at and for this organization.

- Staff Member

COACHES

BounceBack Kids fitness programs are run by qualified and trained coaches. The coaches include:

Eric Hegedus — PT, DPT, MHSc, OCS, CSCS

Dr. Eric Hegedus founded T.E.A.M. in order to give all people the ability to be something better, greater, than they can be alone. As the name implies, TEAM brings together the best groups of individuals with the common goal of excellence. TEAM provides the perfect outlet for Dr H’s love of sports and desire to contribute to the lives of others. He is a husband, father of 2, and can still be found in gyms, on fields, and on playgrounds coaching, playing, and enjoying the camaraderie of athletics.

Jennifer Moody — PT, DPT

Dr. Jennifer Moody is a partner of T.E.A.M and brings her expertise, passion and experience to the areas of golf, inline hockey and basketball. T.E.A.M has given Dr. Moody the outlet to share in her enthusiasm for sports and love for helping people to train and get better. She is the primary creator of the immensely popular inline hockey program “Power House”. She still takes time to participate in a wide variety of sports…when time permits.

Ari Zandman-Zeman

After studying business at the University of Northern Colorado and enduring the rigors of a Division 1 basketball career, Ari followed his dreams by joining the U.S. Peace Corps, where he was posted in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Following the Peace Corps, Ari continued his development quest by living and working on different cooperatives in rural Guatemala for three years. Restless energy and the need for a strength-training program in lieu of a gym were the deciding factors that eventually led to the creation of “Rubberbanditz”, Ari’s integrated fitness/exercise band business. As a proud supplier of TSE, he now resides in Durham with his fiancée, Shiran Zohar. Ari is an Alaskan-born gentle giant with an ice cream addiction.

Mike Zeillman

Mike Zeillmann is the co-founder of BounceBack Kids and is a well-known basketball skills coach who has over 12 years of coaching experience with players of all ages and skill levels. Since 1994, Mike has been Athletic Director and Founder of Coach Z’s Basketball School. In this capacity, he has worked with many outstanding players in the Triangle area including Carlos Boozer of the Utah Jazz, Alana Beard of the Washington Mystics, Courtney Alexander of the New Orleans Hornets, and the Duke Women’s Basketball 2002 Final Four Team.

To me BounceBack Kids means to have fun and be normal with other

kids who are in the same boat.

- Participant