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.
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
Board Vice Co-Chair; Senior Advisor and Former Managing Director with Summit Partners - 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 - Francesca Frederick B.F.A. '16
Senior Manager of Visitor Services, Paley Center for Media - 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, Otis College of Art and Design - Steven Holtzman
Strategic Advisor and Former CEO, Decibel Therapeutics - Bill Kaiser
Partner, Greylock Partners - 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 - Hassell McClellan
Associate Professor (Retired) of Finance and Policy, Boston College - 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 - Jon Platt
Chair and CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing - 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 - Beth Carrillo Thomas '10
Managing Director of Bain Capital Real Estate - Tarik Ward
Director of Music Programs, the ELMA Philanthropies Services - Andy Youniss
Cofounder, President, and CEO, Rocket Software - 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