Former Los Angeles Unified School District board member Leticia Quezada has been named manager of the new Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Cal State San Bernardino's Palm Desert Campus.

The Bernard Osher Foundation has funded 18 programs for students of retirement age at public and private universities in California and others around the nation. The Osher Institute at Palm Desert Campus will offer faculty-taught courses to institute members at the new campus.

Quezada served as an elected board member the Los Angeles Unified School District from 1987 to 1995, including a term as president of the board from 1992 to 1994. She helped oversee a budget of $4.2 billion in a district serving 740,000 students and more than 70,000 employees. Quezada also served as a trustee of the Los Angeles Community College District from 1985 to 1987.

Quezada most recently served as president and chief executive officer of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Los Angeles from 1995 to 2002, a nonprofit with a board of directors promoting understanding between the people of Mexico and the United States through art, education and culture.