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
  Chair; Executive in Residence, MIT Sloan School of Management
  
  
• Patricia Casale
  Vice Chair; Vice President (retired), AOL Time Warner
  
  
• David Abrams
  Abrams Capital, LLC
  
  
• Eduardo "Teddy" Bautista Garcia
  President, Spanish Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers
  
  
• Vivian C. Beard
  Vice Chair Emerita; President, Vivian Male Productions
  
  
• Ernie Boch, Jr.
  CEO and President, Boch Automotive Enterprises
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Michael R. Eisenson
  Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC
  
  
• Catherine Goldwyn
  Founder and Executive Director, SoundArt
  
  
• Peter C. Gotcher
  Independent Investor, Cofounder, Digidesign
  
  
• Lisa Hearns
  Berklee New York Alumni Chapter Coordinator; Performer
  
  
• Elliott D. Hillback, Jr.
  Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Genzyme
  
  
• Charles Hirschhorn
  Revenue Frontier, LLC
  
  
• William A. Holodnak
  President, J. Robert Scott, Division of Fidelity Investments
  
  
• Steven H. Holtzman
  President and CEO, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  
  
• Ann Kreis
  University Guidance Counselor, International College Spain
  
  
• Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
  Emily Hargroves Fisher Endowed Chair, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  
  
• Jon L. Luther
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dunkin' Brands, Inc.
  
  
• William J. Lynch III
  President, Lynch and Associates
  
  
• Allan T. McLean
  Chair Emeritus; Vice President, Lynch and Associates
  
  
• John MacWilliams
  Partner, The Tremont Group
  
  
• Eli Newberger, M.D.
  Physician
  
  
• Phil Ramone
  Record Producer/Composer, Phil Ramone, Inc.
  
  
• Alan D. Reese
  Director and Head of Corporate Operations, Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage
  
  
• Carmichael S. Roberts, Jr.
  Cofounder and CEO, WMR Biomedical, Inc.
  
  
• Rhoda Sapers
  Nursing Administrator (retired)
  
  
• Janet Marie Smith
  Senior Vice President of Planning and Development, Boston Red Sox
  
  
• Bill Whelan
  Composer, Riverdance
  
  
• Susan Whitehead
  Vice Chair, Whitehead Institute
  
  
• Lewis T. Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
  Executive Chairman and Founder, Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.

Trustees Emeriti

Neal J. Curtin
William M. Davis
William E. Falconer
Roderick Nordell
Sandra Uyterhoeven
Paul R.D. Wennik
Richard R. Wilton
Craigie Zildjian

Board of Overseers

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