Tami Kellar
Owner & Instructor
Tami Kellar is the owner of JUMP Infant Aquatics, LLC. From a very young age, Tami and her family enjoyed the water. In 5th grade, Tami started competitive swimming and went on to swim club, high school and college. As most swimmers do, Tami became a lifeguard and swim instructor at the age of 15. Through college Tami coached swim team and taught private swim lessons at the Balboa Bay Club and Newport Shores in Newport Beach, CA and Mesa Verde Country Club and Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA. In 2005 Tami started working at the YMCA in Albany, OR as the Aquatic Director and Swim Coach of the Tiger Sharks Swim Team. Even when Tami moved on to other positions in the YMCA, Tami kept aquatics close to her heart.
Tami holds a bachelor's degree in social and behavioral science from Linfield College, has 35+ years of aquatics experience and holds numerous certifications. In early 2021 Tami spend 6 weeks in Longmont, CO being trained as a survival swim instructor. Tami has also been trained as a YMCA and Red Cross swim instructor. Tami holds lifeguarding (LG), lifeguarding instructor (LGI), lifeguarding instructor trainer (LGIT), ASCA Level 2 Swim Coach, CPR, AED, First Aid, Safety Training for Swim Coaches, YMCA Competitive Swimming & Diving certifications and is a YMCA stroke and turn judge as well as a certified pool operator.
Tami's passion and love for the water and swimming is tangible, and shows in each lesson she teaches. Her experience teaching swimming spans deep and wide. Tami believes a new world of aquatic possibilities is open to those that are strong, confident swimmers and recently wrote a book with her daughter Makenzie Kellar called "The Things You Can Do, When You Learn How To Swim.
Brandi Beck-Scott
Instructor, Woodward, Oklahoma
Brandi Beck-Scott lives in Woodward, OK and has loved being in and around the water from an early age, learning to swim at the age of three. Brandi spent a lot of time in the summer at the pool and going to the lake. Brandi is a certified SCUBA diver and a lifeguard.
In 2021 Brandi became the proud mom of a little boy and saw his natural love for the water. She wanted to ensure that he knew how to respond if he should find himself in a potentially dangerous situation. When he turned 7 months old Brandi enrolled him in survival swimming lessons with Mrs. Tami. After seeing how much he learned in just a few weeks, she knew she had made the right decision. When Tami approached Brandi about teaching lessons in Woodward, Brandi jumped at the opportunity.
In September 2023 Brandi spent six weeks of intense hands-on training with Judy Heumann, the owner and founder of Infant Aquatics. The training included over100 hours of in and out of water skills with focus on psychology, physiology, and child development, as well as survival swim lesson techniques.
Brandi's goal is to teach children the skills to rescue themselves and to develop confident swimmers that respect the water. Brandi will be teaching exclusively in Woodward, OK, and will teach refreshers, survival swimming lessons, stroke lessons and group lessons
