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.

• Roger H. Brown
  President, Berklee College of Music
• Jeff Shames
  Executive in Residence, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Michael R. Eisenson
  Vice Chair; Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC
• David Abrams
  Abrams Capital, LLC
• Luis Alvarez '83
  Vice President, Mendez & Company, Inc.
• Frances R. Bermanzohn
  Partner Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel, Goldman, Sachs & Co 
• Patricia Casale
  Vice President (retired), AOL Time Warner
• David Clem
  Managing Partner, Lyme Properties
• John Connaughton
  Managing Director, Bain Capital, LLC
• Ronald A. Crutcher
  President, Wheaton College
• Michael W. Dreese
  CEO, Newbury Comics, Inc.
• Dean F. Goodermote
  Founder and CEO, Grid Analytics
• Peter C. Gotcher
  Independent Venture Investor
• Christopher Guest
  Actor, Director, Writer for Theater, Radio, Television, and Film
• Nils Gums
  CEO and President, The Complex Group
• Kristine Moyer Higgins
  Client Service and Marketing Executive (retired), Health Dialog
• Charles Hirschhorn
  President, AXS TV
• Bill Kaiser
  Partner, Greylock Partners
• Ann Kreis
  University Guidance Counselor, International College Spain
• John J. MacWilliams
  Partner, The Tremont Group
• Martin J. Mannion
  Managing Director, Summit Partners
• Marc Mayer
  Private Investor
• Peter Muller
  Founder and CEO, PDT Partners
• Tim Nilson
  President, FPV Manuals
• James J. Pallotta
  Chairman and Managing Director, Raptor Capital Management LP
• Carmichael S. Roberts, Jr.
  General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
• Paul Simon
  Singer, Songwriter, and Composer
• Jeffrey C. Walker
  Chairman, MDG Health Alliance-CHW's
• Bill Whelan
  Composer, Riverdance
• Ann Marie Wilkins
  Founder and CEO, Wilkins Management, Inc.
• Lewis T. Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
  President and CEO, Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.

Trustees Emeriti

• Neal J. Curtin
• William M. Davis
• William E. Falconer
• Allan T. McLean
• Roderick Nordell
• Rhoda Sapers
• Sandra Uyterhoeven
• Paul R.D. Wennik
• Craigie Zildjian

Board of Overseers

• Herb Alpert
• Scott Benson
• Lee Eliot Berk, President Emeritus
• David Friend
• Quincy Jones
• George Wein