Board of Trustees

The Berklee Board of Trustees is a group of individuals who are the primary fiduciaries of the college and are familiar with Berklee’s mission, objectives, policies, and programs. Trustees have a strong interest in the future of the college and are willing to serve as its ambassadors.

• Read the full vision statement.
• Read the college's mission statement.

The following people make up the college's Board of Trustees:

• Roger H. Brown
  President, Berklee College of Music
• Susan Whitehead
  Board Chair; Vice Chair, Whitehead Institute
• Jeff Shames
  Board Chair Emeritus; Executive in Residence, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Michael R. Eisenson
  Board Vice Co-Chair; Managing Director and Co-Chairman, Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC
• Martin J. Mannion
  Senior Advisor and Former Managing Director with Summit Partners
• David Abrams
  Founder and Managing Member, Abrams Capital Management LP
• G. Leonard Baker, Jr.
  Partner, Sutter Hill Ventures
• Michael A. Brown
  Director, Defense Innovation Unit, U.S. Defense Department
• David Clem
  Founder and Managing Partner, Lyme Properties
• John Connaughton
  Co-Managing Partner, Bain Capital LLC
• Cynthia K. Curme
  Trustee, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Emilio Estefan
  Grammy-winning producer
• Gloria Estefan
  Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
• David Gross-Loh
  Managing Director, Bain Capital
• Josh Gruss '97
  CEO/Chairman, Round Hill Music
• Thomas M. Hagerty
  Managing Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners 
• Charles Hirschhorn
  President, AEG/AXS TV LLC
• Steven Holtzman
  Strategic Advisor and Former CEO, Decibel Therapeutics
• Bill Kaiser
  Partner, Greylock Partners
• Joel Katz
  Chair, Global Entertainment and Media Practice for Greenberg Traurig
• B.J. Krintzman
  Lawyer, Law Offices of B.J. Krintzman
• Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
  Emily Hargroves Fisher Endowed Chair, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Miky Lee (Mie Kyung Lee)
  Vice Chairwoman of CJ Group
• Demond Martin
  Partner, Adage Capital Management
• Carla Martinez '13
  Performer, Educator, and Choreographer
• Marc Mayer
  CEO, Manning & Napier
• Jane L. Mendillo
  Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Management Company
• Frederick T. Miller
  President, The Chatham Group, Inc.
• Peter Muller
  Founder and CEO, PDT Partners
• Robert S. Murley
  Vice Chairman/Senior Advisor of Credit Suisse, Chairman of Investment Banking in the Americas
• Anthony Pangaro
  Real Estate Developer, Millennium Partners—Boston
• Snow Qin
  Vice President, Y&J Petroleum Services
• Alex Rigopulos
  Cofounder and Chairman, Harmonix
• Steve Ruchefsky
  Executive Chairman, MDSolarSciences
• David Scott Sloan
  Partner, Holland & Knight
• Darius Sidebotham
  Financial Advisor, AB Bernstein, Private Wealth Management
• Susan Solomont
  Senior Advisor, the Philanthropic Initiative
• Tarik Ward
  Director of Music Programs, the ELMA Philanthropies Services
• Marillyn Zacharis
  Cochair, ArtsEmerson
• Barry Zubrow
  President, ITB LLC

Trustees Emeriti

• Vivian C. Beard
• J. Scott Benson
• Patricia Casale
• William M. Davis
• Mike Dreese
• William E. Falconer
• Allan T. McLean
• Craigie Zildjian

Global Ambassadors

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