CMSA - About Us

ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA MISSION STUDIES ASSOCIATION:

"With the inception of a California Mission Studies Association,... a need will be filled which has been recognized by many over the past years. It is very important that ... the widest possible circle be drawn to be certain of including everyone with an active interest in the given period. Every aspect should be encompassed, including music, dance, arts, crafts, etc., as well as the obvious in an effort to make mission studies as comprehensive a subject as possible. Continuing in this vein, because of the direct relationship between all aspects of research in the mission period, it seems imperative that studies relating to presidios, ranchos, villas, pueblos, etc., be considered ... along with strictly mission oriented investigations."

-- Edna Kimbro, CMSA Founding Member, 1984

OBJECTIVES:
Founded in 1984, CMSA is a nonprofit public benefit corporation formed with the following educational purposes:

To preserve, advance and promote the Hispanic period historic resources in the State of California;

To advance and promote development of archaeological, historical, museum and archival resources;

To promote, conduct and coordinate research projects resulting in the preservation and restoration of period landmarks; and

To encourage and support educational opportunities for interested students of the Hispanic period and for persons of the public community regardless of color, race, creed, sex or age.

2009-2010 OFFICERS

PRESIDENT
Daniel Krieger
History Professor
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

VICE-PRESIDENT
David Belardes
Acjachemen Historian and Chief of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians San Juan Capistrano
Member of the California Missions Foundation Board of Directors

SECRETARY
Carrie Fogg
Docent
Mission San Francisco de Solano (Sonoma)

TREASURER
Louis Sanna
Mission San Carlos Borromeo

2009-2010
CMSA BOARD MEMBERS AT LARGE

David Bolton
Mission Santa Barbara

Theresa Brunner
Mission San Rafael

Jeffrey Burns
Director
Academy of American Franciscan History
Berkeley

John Clements
Mission San Diego de Alcalá

Andrew Galvan
Curator
Mission San Francisco de Asis
(Mission Dolores)

James Lockman, O.F.M.
Executive Director
Mission San Luis Rey

Helen Nelson
Member of California Missions Foundation Board of Directors
Mission San Gabriel

Kyra Samaniego
Docent
Mission San Buenaventura

Ty Smith
Interpreter
California State Parks
Sacramento