Mission
Preservation Foundation
Member, Connie Spenuzza
Connie Spenuzza is Vice Chair of the Imperial
Manufacturing Company in Corona. She received a Master's Degree
in Psychology from the University of Southern California, and has
worked in marketing for IBM, as a counselor for the Los Angeles
Unified School District, and as a language professor for Los Angeles
Community College. She serves on the Board of Directors of Opera
Pacific, the Harvard College Parents Fund, and the statewide museum
committee, Latinas: The Spirit of California. Among her talents,
she speaks Spanish, French and Italian. She and husband Peter live
in Monarch Beach. They have two adult sons.
In response to the invitation to join the Foundation
Board, Spenuzza remarked, "The Mission is an outstanding historic
and architectural monument. It serves as an important symbol of
the richness of California's history."
She describes the Mission's Serra Chapel as
her "spiritual sanctuary," reminding her of the convent school in
Ecuador she attended as a child. Her uncle was Cardinal of Ecuador.
She added, "Sitting in Serra Chapel reminds me of the many positive
experiences of my childhood."
