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Santa Barbara, CA (December 9, 2025) – Camerata Pacifica, considered one of the nation’s leading chamber music collectives and noted for its musical versatility and bold programming, has appointed three new members to its Board of Directors, announced Board Chair Kimberley Valentine. They include Betsy Blanchard Chess (Ventura), an arts manager; Cheryl Shields, (El Dorado Hills), a business executive in the environmental and waste services industries; and Sandra Tillisch Svoboda (Santa Barbara), editor-in-chief of Orchid Digest.
“We’re delighted to welcome Betsy Blanchard Chess, Cheryl Shields, and Sandra Tillisch Svoboda to Camerata Pacifica’s Board of Directors,” says Valentine. “They bring extensive professional and volunteer leadership experience to Camerata Pacifica. Their passion and commitment to the arts will help foster the organization’s mission to share exceptional chamber music with the community through live performances in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles counties as well as videos from past performances that are available free of charge to patients in hospitals around the country through Camerata Pacifica’s noted The Nightingale Channel."