Swim with Annie Podcast Episode 3 | with Marrick McDonald Chairman. NYS Temporary Commission to Prevent Childhood Drowning Appointed by: Governor County of Residence: Herkimer CEO, Upstate Aquatics, LLC Marrick McDonald is the retired CEO of Upstate Aquatics, LLC, a top Red Cross training provider in upstate New York. She has been an American Red Cross aquatic educator for over 30 years. She is the Past Aquatic Section President for New York State Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; she restructured the Aquatic Section. She has taught at the secondary level, and she has been in school administration, with licensing as a School Superintendent. Marrick is the author of the Aquatic Guidebook for School Administrators, which educates school administrators who have pool classrooms in their districts. www.ny.gov/programs/temporary-commission-prevent-childhood-drowning