Known for being a results-driven arts executive with a focus on authentic audience engagement and community focused programming, Las Vegas Philharmonic Executive Director Lacey Huszcza has 15 years of success in business development, organizational growth, strategic planning, and digital innovation.

Bringing with her an unusually rich and varied range of experience in arts management, Lacey moved to Las Vegas in December of 2018 to lead the Philharmonic’s administrative team. Named one of Musical America’s Top 30 Professionals of 2018, Lacey is celebrated for her commitment to expanding the diversity efforts of American Orchestras as well as her ability to tailor an organization to respond to the ever-increasing need to build patron relationships and a more visible community presence. As Executive Director, Lacey oversees the Philharmonic’s administrative operations; provides vision, leadership and direction for all fundraising, marketing, and human capital needs; and works with the Board of Trustees to chart the orchestra’s growth both artistically and financially.

Lacey spent 13 years at Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), where she spearheaded and managed several extraordinary projects including The Los Angeles Orchestra Fellowship, a collaborative program focused on increasing cultural diversity among orchestra musicians. Lift Every Voice, the Orchestra’s 2017 three-week exploration of the power of music to encourage compassion and promote peace, amidst a politically volatile period in American history and Play Me I’m Yours, the high-profile community project in which LACO placed 30 decorated pianos in around LA for everyone to play are further testaments to Lacey’s vision and creativity in bringing audience engagement together with authentic community programming.

Lacey was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras in March 2015. A longtime music enthusiast, Lacey holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Music and Communications from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she studied horn with Michael Thornton. She earned an MBA with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship from Pepperdine University.