Director of Programs
Max Out Fitness and Oakland County Sheriff PAL

Eisha Branner, a native of Pontiac, MI a wife and dedicated mother of 6 wonderful children (Destinee, Micah, Jala, Jerma’nee, Tevin, Zaire) has been an amazing leader and example of tenacity, endurance and bravery amongst her peers and youth in the city of Pontiac. Eisha Branner is a proud graduate in 2002 from Pontiac Central high school. She continued her educating following her graduation attending Oakland Community College. Eisha received her associated degree in Applied Science in Criminal Justice Corrections in 2009, graduated with her bachelors in Criminal Justice Administration in 2012 from University of Phoenix. Shortly after she went and pursued her Masters in Human Services with a specialization in Multidisciplinary Human Services in 2018. As a “Career professional”, Eisha Branner and her husband started their business in 2014 call Max Out Fitness in the downtown area of Pontiac. There she assisted her husband with the business and acted as the secretary. In 2015 she created a nonprofit organization that was a mentoring program underneath the family business. Eisha named it “Fitness and Mentoring”. This was a program for just for boys ages 8-16 at the time. The program was an 8-week program. They would meet once a week for four hours. During their meet, they worked out, hear from positive male speakers, and was taught social skills. In 2017 Eisha joined forces with the PAL League to expand the Fitness & Mentor Program. Since the partnership, Eisha has served over 300 youth in her community with mentoring, wraparound services for their families and sports. The passion and purpose of such successes evolved from childhood therapeutic measures such as mentoring and sports. Growing up around drug infested crime stricken and low poverty neighborhoods such as Pontiac, Eisha Branner founded Fitness and Mentoring to assist with some of the community needs. As a young visionary, Eisha was inspired to become a mentor to the attention starved youth mostly single parent households. This enthusiasm couple with diligent efforts proved to be a springboard to success for many of the youth in the city of Pontiac and surrounded cities. Growing every day, Fitness and Mentoring now serves approximately over 200 girls and boys participating in mentoring, basketball, baseball/softball, cheerleading, track/field utilizing the dedicated assistance of over 20 professional adult volunteers. With an ever-evolving curriculum, Fitness and Mentoring also provides life skills, training mentorship and tutoring programs. Fitness and Mentoring works diligently to offer programs that ensure their youth obtain the general concept of sportsmanship, teamwork and love for their community. The program fosters a gateway to diversity, cultural awareness and positive experiences.

The information presented here was accurate as of January 1, 2019.