New Pasadena Independent School District board member Mariselle Quijano-Lerma, along with incumbents Fred Roberts and Nelda Sullivan took their official oaths of office at the board's regular May meeting.

Lerma now occupies the Position 2 spot, formally held by longtime board member Carmen Orozco. Orozco chose not to seek re-election this year after serving 20 years on the board.

Lerma is a franchise owner of several McDonald's restaurants in the Pasadena area and is active in many community organizations and the McDonald's Texas Invitational Basketball Tournament.

Roberts, who holds the Position 1 spot, is entering his 16th year on the board. Roberts is an independent insurance agent and has lived in the Pasadena area all of his life. He is married to wife Vicki, a 1978 graduate of Dobie High School. They have four children, Zachary, Sara, Jacob and Jordan, who have all attended Pasadena schools, with three graduating from Pasadena ISD.

Sullivan will continue to occupy her Position 3 board post, in which she is starting her 16^th year. She is a retired banking executive and is involved in numerous organizations in Pasadena including the Pasadena South Rotary Club, Soroptimist Club International of Pasadena, the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Houston Professional Women and the American Heart Association. In addition, she serves as chairwoman on the Board of Trustees of the Bayshore Medical Center, the Pasadena Police Academy Advisory Board and the Boy Scouts of America. Sullivan and her husband Charles, a retiree of Albemarle Corp., have been married for 50 years. She is a mother of three, a grandmother of seven and the great-grandmother of one.