Our Team
We are Sportable—a TEAM that is small but mighty! We are the TEAM that is always finding ways to create accessible opportunities for our athletes to engage in the abundance of sports opportunities available in our community—it may require some creative solutions but we are ready for the challenge!
Our main goal to free our athletes to see beyond their disabilities. We feel strongly that through sports are just the catalyst needed for individuals with physical disabilities to create that support system that is needed to reduce social isolation.
Each member of our team, which includes our athletes, parents, volunteers, board, and partners believes that Sportable exists to facilitate a change needed in our community—looking beyond one’s physical limitation and empowering them to focus on their abilities!
The great thing about the work we do is the inspirational stories we have to tell about our athletes—whether it be sinking their 1st basket in wheelchair basketball, the smiles on their face when they score a goal in power soccer, their amazement as they refine that serve or kayaking roll, even simply the sense of accomplishment they feel in hand cycling 26.2 miles. We come to work each day to see our athletes transform both on and off the courts!
Kristen Lessig, CTRS
Executive Director
Kristen Lessig, the Executive Director, gives this organization its face. Anyone who knows Kristen knows what determination, stamina, never say never “looks” like—just read it in her face. This woman is a mom of a toddler, a soccer wife, and an athlete who shows up every day ready, Chai latte in one hand while scrolling / texting on her Blackberry and answering emails on her computer with the other, almost simultaneously. Seeing is believing on this one.
Hers is a game face, always prepared to spread the good word of Sportable. She encourages, cajoles, and manages no fewer than 9 things at once. Did we mention she is tough under fire? Once while meeting with some difficult funders, she found the room not set up and the AV not functioning. She calmly pushed ahead offering her presentation from her computer. Lights dimmed all eyes on her, she hit the video play button and the room filled with the visual and audio of “I Gotta Go” potty training video. Deal made! Yep, she’s that tough.
Kristen’s calm exterior hides a really large heart. She believes wholly in this organization, its athletes, and its extended family of supporters with her really big heart. She’s our lead and our leader. We respond by bringing our best to the office and playing field-its pretty much GAME ON every day!
Becky Lehman, CTRS
Program Director
To set the record straight, Becky is no relation to the Lehman brothers, and doesn’t even pronounce her name the same way. She has been a recreation therapist for over 10 years, beginning her career as in inpatient therapist in Washington, DC and has since worked in Atlanta and Tampa as well. Becky loves the avenue of adapted sports as a way to encourage people to discover their gifts and be their best healthy, active, and unique selves.
Originally from upstate New York and most recently from Florida, Becky is thrilled to be back in a town with four seasons! She loves cooking, reading, playing tennis & soccer, and the outdoors, especially the smell of freshly mowed grass and the sound of crunchy fall leaves underfoot. Other outdoor loves include ocean swims, campfires, and s ‘mores…and really, she loves chocolate in nearly all its forms.
