Meet the Team!
| Meet our Management Team
Tamara Yaunches
Owner
ABOUT
As lifelong swimmer since the age of 5, Tamara never thought her career would involve swimming. It was only after she decided to stay home with her kids that she got involved with her community swim team that was just getting organized. A few short years later she discovered that the pool was her calling and she started her new career.
She has taught and coached at several levels over the last 25 years including: Learn-to-Swim, Summer League & USA Swimming Teams as well as US Masters. She is a USA Swimming Certified Coach with my American Swim Coaches Association Level 3 Education Certification. She started her community’s swim team in 2005 and continue coaching both at the Age Group as well as High School levels for many years. She spent the last 10 years overseeing and growing award winning Aquatics Programs for LifeTime Athletic, USFitness (formerly Sport&Health) and Kids First Swim Schools. She has come full circle to lead LetSwim into its next phase.
If you have questions, please contact her at tamara@letswim.com
Patrick Morin
owner
ABOUT
Patrick started instructing while serving in the Marine Corps over 25 years ago. This set the stage many years later when he began teaching part-time for Kids First Swim Schools. Shortly thereafter, he became a successful swim school Manager for Kids First and then their DC District Manager. Patrick was instrumental in assisting the Kids First Corporate office in hiring, training and opening more than 25 schools in the mid Atlantic region. Now as the co-owner of LetSwim, he is excited to bring his years of teaching and managing experience to your community.
Feel free to contact me at patrick@letswim.com
Kelly Dobrydney
Director of operations
About
Kelly Dobrydney is a lifelong aquaphile who truly feels at home in the water. She brings a rare depth of experience to every lesson—as a competitive swimmer, lessons director, age group coach, program director, and swim parent of six.
Kelly has trained and taught with organizations including USA Swimming, American Red Cross, Jeff Ellis & Associates, Kids First Swim Schools, and SwimSmart USA, and has served in nearly every role on the pool deck—from lifeguard and instructor to coach and program leader.
With decades of experience, Kelly tailors each lesson to the individual swimmer, helping build confidence, safety, and strong foundational skills. She has a special gift for working with fearful swimmers and those with special needs, and she loves teaching parents how to safely introduce young children to the water.
Her philosophy is simple: everyone deserves to feel safe, confident, and capable in the water—while building a foundation that can grow from swim to sport.
Kelly can teach:
-Adults
-Advanced swimmers
-Children ages 6mos and up
-Children with disabilities
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