Board of Trustees
Berklee’s Vision for 2015 states that Berklee will be the world’s leading institute of contemporary music. Attracting diverse and talented students passionate about careers in music, we will offer a relevant and distinctive curriculum in music and liberal arts. We will engage an unparalleled faculty of inspiring educators and cutting-edge industry professionals, provide state-of-the-art facilities for learning and living, and produce tomorrow’s leaders of the global music community. Read the full vision statement, as well as the college’s mission statement.
The following people make up the college’s board of trustees.
| Name | Title/Organization |
|---|---|
| Roger H. Brown | President, Berklee College of Music |
| Jeff Shames, Chair | Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley Investment Management; Executive in Residence, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Patricia Casale, Vice Chair | Vice President (retired), AOL Time Warner |
| David Abrams | Abrams Capital, LLC |
| Luis Alvarez '83 | Vice President, Mendez & Company, Inc. |
| Frances Bermanzohn | Partner Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel, Goldman, Sachs & Co |
| David Clem | Managing Partner, Lyme Properties |
| John Connaughton | Managing Director, Bain Capital, LLC |
| Ronald A. Crutcher | President, Wheaton College |
| Mike Dreese | CEO, Newbury Comics, Inc. |
| Michael R. Eisenson | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC |
| Dean Goodermote | Founder and CEO, Grid Analytics |
| Peter C. Gotcher | Cofounder and Chairman, Topspin |
| Christopher Guest | Actor, Director, Writer for Theater, Radio, Television, and Film |
| Nils Gums '06 | CEO and President, The Complex Group |
| Kristine Moyer Higgins | Client Service and Marketing Executive (retired), Health Dialog |
| Elliott D. Hillback, Jr. | Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs (retired), Genzyme |
| Charles Hirschhorn | President, AXS TV |
| Steven H. Holtzman | Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Biogen Idec |
| Ann Kreis | University Guidance Counselor, International College Spain |
| Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot | Emily Hargroves Fisher Endowed Chair, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| William J. Lynch III | President, Lynch and Associates |
| John MacWilliams | Partner, The Tremont Group |
| Marc Mayer | Private Investor |
| Peter Muller | Founder and CEO, PDT Partners |
| Tim Nilson '96 | CTO, Direct to Consumer, Sony Music Entertainment |
| James J. Pallotta | Chairman and Managing Director, Raptor Capital Management LP |
| Phil Ramone | Record Producer/Composer, Phil Ramone, Inc. |
| Carmichael S. Roberts Jr. | General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners |
| Paul Simon | Singer, Songwriter, and Composer |
| Janet Marie Smith | Vice President of Planning and Development, Baltimore Orioles |
| Jeffrey C. Walker | Chairman, Millennium Promise |
| Bill Whelan | Composer, Riverdance |
| Susan Whitehead | Vice Chair, Whitehead Institute |
| Ann Marie Wilkins | CEO, Wilkins Management, Inc. |
| Lewis T. "Rusty" Williams | Executive Chairman and Founder, Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. |