FallProof™ Master Instructors
Pat Karlsson Backe
Pat Karlsson Backe is the owner of Senior Fall Prevention, LLC, whose mission is to provide balance training, education and resources to our active aging population. Her business is based in Alexandria, VA and she is currently teaching classes for the Fairfax County Park Community and Recreation Services, Sport and Health Old Town Alexandria, VA and in her private studio.
Mrs. Backe is a FallProof™ Balance & Mobility Master Instructor and a colleague on the FallProof Certification faculty at Emory University. Mrs. Backe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Maryland and holds the following professional certifications from the following organizations – Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), American Council on Exercise (ACE), Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA), People with Arthritis Can Exercise (PACE), Yoga Alliance (200 RYT), Pilates (Peak) and Holistic Life Coach 1 (Paul Chek Institute).
She has worked in the fitness industry for twenty one years in health clubs, private corporations, recreation departments and senior centers teaching to all ages and abilities. She is also a member of the Northern Virginia Fall Prevention Coalition and Alexandria at Home - a non-profit assisting seniors who choose to live in their own homes versus moving into a retirement community.
Sue Grant
Sue Grant, certified FallProof™ Master Instructor, is also certified by American Council on Exercise and the Arthritis Foundation. She holds a Professional Certificate in Fitness Instruction and Exercise Science from UC San Diego, specializing in both Personal and Group Fitness Instruction. She is also a fellow of the Gary Gray “Gift” Institute.
Sue is happy to be the supervisor of the Older Adult Fitness Program at the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA in Encinitas, California, where she teaches a FallProof class from October – June.
To contact her at the Y, you may call 760 942 9622 ext. 1571, or you can email her at sgrant@ymca.org.
Karen Russell
Karen Schlieter
Hometown: Mission Viejo, CA
Programs currently working in: FallProof Balance & Mobility and Fit 4 Life Program
Degree: M.S. in Gerokinesiology (in-progress)
Sherri Sussman
