PCS Alumni Hall of Fame
Class of 2025
Terri Donegan-Sanchez
Terri Donegan-Sanchez, NC MBA Research Representative, has been named to the 2025 edition of the Pavilion Central School Alumni Hall of Fame.
Terri graduated from Pavilion Central School in 1985. She was a five-sport athlete, earning state honors in volleyball and track. After graduation, she attended the nationally recognized Genesee Community College, where she played volleyball. She earned her associate degree in Business Administration and was voted Women’s Intramural Athlete of the Year. Terri later transferred to SUNY Brockport, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Finance.
Following her graduation from SUNY Brockport, she entered the banking industry, working at Central Trust Bank. She became a leader in bank sales and was appointed to several merger task force teams as the bank changed hands multiple times, ultimately merging with M&T Bank in 1993.
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In 1994, she moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina, and joined the credit union movement, becoming the manager of Fayetteville Postal Credit Union and later the President of College Heights Credit Union. She was sought out by Fayetteville Technical Community College to teach continuing education courses in Credit Union/Bank Teller Training and Mortgage Origination. Terri enjoyed being in the classroom and interacting with students. After a successful career in finance, she made the tough decision to try her hand at education.
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Terri began her teaching career in the Cumberland County School system in 2004. She won several teaching awards and was named the 2014 Teacher of the Year. Terri and her husband, Roberto, moved to Charlotte in 2020 during the pandemic. She is currently a dual-certified Business, Marketing, and Clinical Educator at Rocky River High School. She is a National Board-Certified Teacher and is trained in Cultural Proficiency Learning. She has been a DECA advisor for over 17 years, mentoring both state and national champions. She is a North Carolina Teaching Fellows alumna and is very active in her local community, serving on several boards for local nonprofits.
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She is the proud mother of two children, Aaron Peoples and Alyssa Peoples, and enjoys sports, gardening, traveling, and reading in her spare time.
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Marirose T. Ethington
Marirose is a professor of biology and the director of the science programs at Genesee Community College. She started her teaching career at a public high school in central New York and in 1990, Marirose returned to the Pavilion area . Over the last 35 years, she has made many significant contributions to her local community.
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Marirose is a proud graduate of Pavilion Central Schools, and while in high school she participated in many clubs, such as tower, band, chorus, American Field Service, and press club. Additionally, she was a member of the Student Council and was a recipient of the DAR Good Citizenship Award. Her scholarship and extracurricular activities contributed to her acceptance in both Junior and National Honor Societies.
After graduating as member of Pavilion High School’s class of 1982, Marirose attended SUNY Geneseo, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology in 1986. Marirose then went on to earn her master’s degree from SUNY Geneseo in the same discipline . While at SUNY Geneseo, Marirose participated in the education honor society, Kappa Delta Pi, and the biology club. Following her graduation, she went on to teach Biology at Camden Central High School for two years. While teaching at Camden, she coached both JV and Varsity Field Hockey and was a class advisor.
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Marirose started teaching at GCC in 1991. Her main area of expertise is Anatomy and Physiology but has taught General Biology, Human Nutrition, General Chemistry, and Human Biology, which demonstrates her versatility as an instructor. Hundreds of her students have gone on to become nurses, physical therapists’ assistants, and others have established careers in other healthcare-related fields within the western NY area. Beyond teaching Marirose, has published two lab manuals, reviewed multiple textbooks, and served the GCC in a variety of ways. She has served on a multitude of committees including the 40th and 50th Anniversary committees of the college, as well as numerous job search and advisory committees. For several years, Marirose was the chairperson for the GCC’s Foundation annual campaign for student scholarships. Additionally, she served as the advisor for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for over 16 years. For her distinguished service in this role, she was awarded the Paragon Award for outstanding leadership as an advisor. She was nominated to Who’s Who in American Teaching for three years and was recognized as a Teacher and Healer in 2023. Marirose has also received two SUNY Chancellor’s Awards, the most prestigious award available to faculty within the SUNY system. In 2001 she received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and won a second Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service in 2010.
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Throughout her long and distinguished career at GCC, spanning almost 35 years, Marirose has had an immeasurable impact on the college. However, she is proudest of her contribution to the shared governance of the institution through her work with the Academic Senate. For 11 years, Marirose served as the vice president of this body before taking over as president following the unfortunate death of the president of the senate. Her tenure as Senate President spanned the COVID-19 pandemic. During this period, Marirose worked tirelessly to ensure that GCC was able to maintain a cohesive curriculum and that the needs of the students remained the number one priority.
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Marirose has actively participated in her hometown community where she chose to raise her children, Marcella and Jared, with her husband, Gordon. She has been involved in parish music ministry, parish council and has taught religious education. For the last twenty-seven years she has been an associate director for the Genesee County Soil and Water Conservation District. She has been on the Pavilion Central Schools Board of Education for close to 20 years, serving as the Board President for the last 8 years. She recently received the Al Hawk Award given by the Genesee Valley School Boards association for service to the school community.
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Marirose is exceptionally proud of her achievements and is honored that the contributions she has made to her community throughout her life are worthy of being recognized by this honor. Her dedication to her community serves as a reminder to us all that everyone can have a positive impact on the people around them if they choose to do so. She has spent her life giving back to the community that supported her throughout her life and hopes that her legacy will be one that encourages future members of the Pavilion community to do the same. As President John F. Kennedy once said, “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try”.
Linda J. (Linn) Tytler
Linda J. (Linn) Tytler, former member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (retired) has been named to the 2025 edition of the Pavilion Central School Alumni Hall of Fame.
Tytler is a 1965 graduate of the school who went on to study at Southern Seminary in Buena Vista, VA and was awarded an Associate Degree in Science and Business in 1967. While there, she was on the Dean’s List and made a member of the Phi Theta Kappa National Scholastic Fraternity. She subsequently studied at the University of Virginia, received credits toward a Master’s degree in Public Administration at the University of New Mexico, and completed the Honeywell Advanced Program for Managers, a master’s equivalent coordinated by the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, a 160-hour classroom and practical application program that included segments in Human Resource Management, Marketing, Economics and Business Simulation, and Strategic Planning.
Following her graduation from Southern Seminary, Tytler worked for the Xerox Corporation in Rochester, NY and Arlington, VA. She then joined the Mayflower Hotel accounting staff in Washington, DC.
Her next professional steps were on the US House of Representatives and US Senate staffs where she held positions as a caseworker for Congressman Mario Biaggi (D-NY) and then Congressman John Buchanan (R-AL). She subsequently joined the staff of Senator Robert P. Griffin (R-MI) as a foreign policy and defense legislative analyst and later, speechwriter. It was while working for Senator Griffin that she was tapped to work at the Republican nominating convention for then-President Gerald R. Ford. She later joined the Ford presidential campaign to coordinate scheduling and advance with the US Secret Service.
Following Ford’s loss to President-elect Jimmy Carter, Tytler moved to Albuquerque, NM where she served as office manager for US Senator Pete V. Domenici’s (R-NM) first re-election campaign.
Taking a turn from politics, Tytler then joined the staff of Presbyterian Hospital, later Southwest Community Health Services, as public information officer and community relation specialist for the company’s statewide network of hospitals. She later served a similar role at St. Joseph Hospital.
Finding that politics wasn’t entirely in her past, Tytler ran for and won a seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives in November, 1983. She served five two-year terms including appointments as vice-chair, House Appropriations and Finance Committee, Republican caucus chair, and chair of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee. Having sponsored a bill calling for term limits in the NM House, Tytler chose not to run for a sixth term.
While serving in the NM House, Tytler worked for Honeywell Defense Avionics Systems Division in Albuquerque as director of communications. Following Honeywell’s acquisition by Allied Signal, Tytler worked briefly as director of communications for the NM Department of Human Services before joining Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM, as deputy director of communications. She retired in 2012.
Tytler’s various honors included Honeywell’s Community Service Award for outstanding service to New Mexico, United Way of Central NM recognition for Leadership Giving and Outstanding Employee Campaign Manager, American Cancer Society New Mexico Chapter Harold Runnels Award, NM Wildlife Federation Legislator of the Year, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Certificate of Merit, 1978 Outstanding Young Women of America, and numerous Who’s Who listings. She co-chaired a People to People International delegation to the Republic of China in 1987.
She also served in the New Mexico Mounted Patrol as a commissioned law enforcement officer, attaining the rank of Captain and state staff member. This voluntary, unpaid organization works closely with and is commissioned by the New Mexico State Police.