California’s Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association has announced the election of PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG as board president for 2012-13. She served as the orchestra’s interim executive director during the 2010-11 season, following service as vice president of the association’s board and chair of its Marketing Committee. Plackis-Cheng has held management positions at Openwave Systems Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Her background also includes key international marketing roles with Banyan Systems and consulting for software companies in Europe, where she managed relationships with Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Microsoft. Plackis-Cheng holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Erasmus University. She completed the Human Resource Management Program at Hogeschool Rotterdam’s Institute for Higher Professional Education, and studied at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Posted June 1, 2012
