Board of Trustees

Berklee's vision 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.
• 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
• Jeff Shames
  Executive in residence, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Michael R. Eisenson
  Vice chair; managing director and chief executive officer, Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC
• David Abrams
  Abrams Capital, LLC
• David Altarescu '02 (alumnus trustee)
  Director of marketing–North America, Spotify
• Luis Alvarez '83
  Vice president, Mendez & Company, Inc.
• G. Leonard Baker, Jr.
  Partner, Sutter Hill Ventures
• Michael A. Brown
  Chairman, Line 6
• David Clem
  Managing partner, Lyme Properties
• Monica Giraldo (alumna trustee)
  Singer-songwriter, performer
• Dean F. Goodermote
  Founder and CEO, Grid Analytics
• Peter C. Gotcher
  Independent venture investor
• Christopher Guest
  Actor, director, and writer for theater, radio, television, and film
• Josh Gruss  (alumnus trustee)
  CEO/chairman, Round Hill Music
• Nils Gums '06 (alumnus trustee)
  CEO and president, The Complex Group
• John T. Hailer
  President and CEO, Natixis Global Asset Management (the Americas and Asia)
• Kristine Moyer Higgins
  Client service and marketing executive (retired), Health Dialog
• Dan Harple 
  Director, Shamrock Ventures, BV
• Bill Kaiser
  Partner, Greylock Partners
• Joel Katz
  Founder, Katz, Smith & Cohen
• Ann Kreis
  University guidance counselor, International College Spain
• Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
  Emily Hargroves Fisher endowed chair, Harvard Graudate School of Education
• Martin J. Mannion
  Managing director, Summit Partners
• Marc Mayer
  Private investor
• Jane L. Mendillo
  President and chief executive officer, Harvard Management Company
• Peter Muller
  Founder and CEO, PDT Partners
• Tim Nilson '95 (alumnus trustee)
  President, FPV Manuals
• James J. Pallotta
  Chairman and managing director, Raptor Capital Management LP
• Alex Rigopulos
  Chief creative officer, Harmonix
• Carmichael S. Roberts Jr.
  General partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
• Susan Solomont
• Jeffrey C. Walker
  Chairman, MDG Health Alliance-CHWs
• Bill Whelan
  Composer, Riverdance
• Susan Whitehead
  Vice chair, Whitehead Institute
• Ann Marie Wilkins
  Founder and CEO, Wilkins Management, Inc.
• Lewis T. Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
  President and CEO, Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.
• Barry Zubrow
  President, ITB LLC

Trustees Emeriti

• Neal J. Curtin
• William M. Davis
• William E. Falconer
• Allan T. McLean
• Rhoda Sapers
• Paul R.D. Wennik
• Craigie Zildjian

Board of Overseers

• Herb Alpert
• Scott Benson
• Lee Eliot Berk, president emeritus
• David Friend
• Quincy Jones
• George Wein