Presenter

Moderator: Lacey Huszcza

Senior Director of Advancement & Strategic Engagement, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

A successful ten-year veteran of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with a proven track record of excellence, innovation and leadership, Lacey has served in almost every department of the Orchestra’s administration – development, marketing, special events, production, operations and artistic administration – gaining an unusually rich and varied range of experience in arts management. Lacey currently oversees all earned and contributed income for LACO, managing both the advancement team and the marketing & box office teams.

In 2015, Lacey Huszcza was appointed interim managing director of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra by the LACO Board for seven months while the Orchestra completed a national search for an Executive Director. As LACO director of advancement, Lacey spearheaded the Orchestra's current strategic plan, led the five-person development team responsible for raising over $3 Million per year, and oversaw all LACO special events, including 2014’s Strad Fest LA and 2015’s Under a Chinese Moon, the two highest-ever grossing fundraisers in LACO history. Play Me I’m Yours, the high-profile three-week community project in which LACO placed 30 decorated pianos in communities around Los Angeles County for everyone to play; LACO’s successful Campus to Concert Hall initiative for college students; and pioneering social media efforts that made LACO the first US orchestra ever to be on Twitter are further testaments to Lacey’s vision, creativity, organizational skill and boundless energy.

In December 2010, Lacey co-founded Ask the Musicians, a series of online events with an international reach that connects individuals with musicians through Twitter and provides participants with a 140-character backstage pass into the world of classical music. The initial project engaged more than 60 conductors from around the world with hundreds of participants. Additional events have included Ask a Composer, Ask the Strings and Ask a Vocalist.

From 2012-2016, Lacey served as President of the Board of Directors for MBA Women Los Angeles, a professional chapter of the National Association of Women MBAs. Under her guidance, membership increased, the board presented its first full day Women’s Leadership Conference, and the chapter completed a phase of re-naming and branding. Lacey is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society for graduates of business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In March 2015, Lacey was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras, and remains an active member of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras, the League of American Orchestras, and the Los Angeles chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.  She is a sought-after seminar presenter and leads conference sessions regularly for arts organizations such as ACSO, Arts Reach and Emerging Arts Leaders Los Angeles.

A longtime music enthusiast, Lacey was awarded two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Music and Communications from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she studied horn with Michael Thornton. She earned a Masters of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship from Pepperdine University. 

Lacey lives in Whittier, CA with husband Daniel Stott, an LA-based freelance trumpet player, who can also often be spotted at LACO concerts turning pages for Jeffrey Kahane and other guest soloists.