CEO/ Lead Master Instructor
Kari Bahour
Kari Bahour is the CEO of Watch Me Swim, LLC. Kari has 23+ years of experience teaching thousands of infants and young children specialized self-rescue swimming skills. As a former ISR Master Instructor, Kari has the expertise and experience to train and develop new instructors in the self-rescue methodology in Florida and abroad.
Kari’s accolades include, Bay News 9 Community Hero, National Drowning Prevention Alliance Community Life Saver Award, WEDU/PBS Be More Award/Mason Dixon Award For Volunteerism. Most recently, Kari’s nonprofit foundation, Water Smart Tots was selected to receive the Tampa Bay Super Bowl Legacy 55 Microgrant.
Achievements
- Drowning Prevention Specialist & Entrepreneur
- Master Instructor/Instructor Trainer
- Over 23 years of experience in survival swim instruction
- Founder of Water Smart Tots Foundation
- Member of Hillsborough County Water Safety Team, the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA), Hillsborough County’s Child Abuse Death Review Committee, and Safe Kids Greater Tampa Bay.