Board of Trustees

The Berklee Board of Trustees is a group of individuals who are the primary fiduciaries of the institution and are familiar with Berklee’s mission, objectives, policies, and programs. Trustees have a strong interest in Berklee's future and are willing to serve as its ambassadors.
The following people make up Berklee's Board of Trustees:
- David Bogen
Interim President and Provost, Berklee - Martin J. Mannion
Board Chair; Senior Advisor and Former Managing Director with Summit Partners - Susan Whitehead
Board Chair Emerita; Vice Chair, Whitehead Institute - Charles Anderson
President and CEO, The Dimock Center - 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 - Thomas M. Hagerty
Managing Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners - Charles Hirschhorn
President, Otis College of Art and Design - Velina Hasu Houston
Distinguished Professor of Theatre in Dramatic Writing and Resident Playwright, USC - Bill Kaiser
Partner Emeritus, Greylock Partners - Grace Kelly
Saxophonist, singer, and songwriter - Miky Lee (Mie Kyung Lee)
Vice Chairwoman of CJ Group - Hassell McClellan
Associate Professor (Retired) of Finance and Policy, Boston College - Frederick T. Miller
President, The Chatham Group, Inc. - Pete 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
Chairman and CEO, Sony Music Publishing - (Snow) Dan Qin
Vice President, Y&J Petroleum Services - Steve Ruchefsky
President, CEO, and Cofounder, Regel Therapeutics - David Scott Sloan
Partner, Holland & Knight - Darius Sidebotham
Financial Advisor, Bernstein Private Wealth Management - Beth Carrillo Thomas '10
Managing Director of Bain Capital Real Estate - Paul D. Wachter
Founder and CEO, Main Street Advisors - Tarik Ward
Director of Music Programs, the ELMA Philanthropies Services - Andy Youniss
Cofounder, President, and CEO, Rocket Software - Marillyn Zacharis
Cochair, ArtsEmerson
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