Meet Us

Adam Farber (Coach/Owner)

Adam has been around pools all of his life. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he started swimming competitively at the age of 5. He swam through high school and then a couple of years later, he started teaching lessons for Hubbard Family Swim School. After teaching for them for a couple of years, Adam moved to Nevada where he taught lessons at multiple facilities, which lead to coaching positions at Sparks High School and the University of Nevada. Adam then moved to Oregon and after working at a local swim school for a couple of years, started Farber Swim School in 2007. Not only is he involved with all aspects of the swim school, but he is also the Head Coach of Sunset High School's men's and women's swim teams.

Adam is a US Swim School Association level 2 instructor as well as an American Swim Coaches Association level 3. He is also certified in CPR, First Aid and Lifeguarding.

Dana (Coach/Instructor)

Dana has been an assistant coach and swim instructor for FSS Penguins since January, 2007. Raised outside of Portland, Dana started swimming recreationally at an early age and later became involved with the instruction side of aquatics in college. She attended Oregon State University where she worked as a lifeguard and safety instructor. After graduation, Dana worked for a local swim school before joining FSS. While not a competitive swimmer, she respects and encourages a wide range of competition levels.

Dana has experience with instructing all age groups and skill levels. She is also certified in CPR, First Aid and Lifeguarding.

Abby (Coach/Instructor)

Abby has been around the swimming community for her entire life since she is a swim coach's daughter. She grew up in Ukiah, California, where she started swimming competitively at the age of 6. She swam through high school and played water polo competitively in high school as well. Abby swam at the collegiate level during her freshman year at Linfield College, but then decided to solely focus on academia and take the opportunities to study abroad in South Africa and Ireland. Although she took a couple of years off in college, Abby has taught swim lessons since she was 15 and was the assistant coach for two summers for her hometown USA team before attending Linfield. She graduated from Linfield College in May, 2010, with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Psychology. In September Abby will begin the process of earning her Master's degree in Conflict Resolution with a mediation concentration at Portland State University. She hopes to enter a career in which serving as a mediator is her main focus. Abby loves Portland and hopes to settle here once she is done with her studies.

Abby is also certified in CPR, First Aid and Lifeguarding.

Aubrie (Instructor)

Aubrie is one of our new instructors and will start training with us in February and will be taking on her own classes starting in March/April. Aubrie has an extensive swimming instruction and coaching background and is an Assistant Coach with Adam at Sunset High School. She swam competitively from ages 6 years to her senior year of high school (USS and High School teams). She spent two summers at a local pool as a lifeguard and taught swim lessons and then spent another two summers at a Camp in New Hampshire where she was the Assistant Waterfront Director and taught swim lessons.

Aubrie also owns her own photography business, Capturing Grace Photography, and will be helping us to add new marketing pictures to our website and flyers!

Amanda (Instructor)

Amanda started swimming when she was 3 years old and has been hooked to the water ever since. Her dad swam in high school, and since she was daddy's little girl, she wanted to follow in his footsteps. Amanda's favorite swim stroke is the backstroke, because she doesn't have to worry about breathing under water and she enjoys watching the the flags above as she passes them by. Amanda is currently a junior at Sunset High School and is on the women's varsity swim team (also swam for awhile with the Penguins). Swim season is her favorite part of the school year because the team consists of a good mix of ages and personalities and she gets a chance to know a lot of people and they help each other with their strokes. "Some of the nicest people I have met are swimmers and are very accepting about the stroke level of everyone else."

Kristin Farber (Business Manager/Owner)

Kristin does not have a competitive swimming background like the above coaches/instructors, but she did grow up around pools and took lessons for many years. Although she is still learning about the "swimming world," she has a lot of experience in teaching youth/adults, and programming/coordinating sports programs. Some of her experiences comes from working at Oregon State University (rec department and KidSpirit Youth Programs), Willamette Valley Girls on the Run, Mittleman Jewish Community Center, Tualatin Hills Park Recreation (current coordinator of their outreach program, the Rec Mobile) and much more! At the swim center, Kristin's main focus will be managing the business side of things including the finances, marketing and making sure that FSS is proving the best customers service to its participants that they can. She is certified in CPR & First Aid, so if anyone gets hurt in the office or hallway, she will be your first responder!