Black Scholars Initiative Team

Operations Team

Tyren Freeman for BSI team page.

Tyren Freeman, Assistant Director, Career Engagement and Advising

Gregory Groover, Black male wearing glasses and holding his saxophone

Gregory Groover Jr., Assistant Chair, Ensemble

Headshot of Tracy Gibbs, wearing a red blazer and smiling.

Tracy Gibbs, Associate Director of Operations & Programs

Senior Leadership Team

Karen Bell smiling.

Karen Bell, Associate Dean, Professional Performance Division

Ty-Juana Flores smiling.

Ty-Juana Flores, Director, Identity-Based Programs

George Russell smiling and pointing at the camera.

George Russell Jr., Chair, Harmony and Jazz Composition Department 

Sean Skeete smiling.

Sean Skeete, Dean, Professional Performance Division

Scott Trach playing a saxophone.

Scott Trach ’90, Associate Dean of Student Success

Ruka White.

Ruka White, Assistant Professor of Dance, Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Emmett G. Price III

Emmett G. Price III, Dean of Africana Studies

Natara Gray smiling in front of flowers.

Natara Gray, Assistant Dean of Admissions, Diversity and Inclusion Recruitment


Executive Leadership Team

Portrait of Ron Savage

Ron Savage, Vice President and Executive Director, Berklee College of Music

Image of Christopher Kandus-Fisher

Christopher Kandus-Fisher, Vice President for Student Success

Betsy Newman

Betsy Newman, Interim Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President of Student Enrollment and Engagement