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:
- Jim Lucchese
President, 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 - Lee Burrows
Vice Chair Investment Banking, Performance Trust Capital Partners - David Clem
Founder and Managing Partner, Lyme Properties - Cynthia K. Curme
Trustee, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Kristy Edmunds
Director, MASS MoCA - David Friend
Cofounder, President, and CEO, Wasabi Technologies, Inc. - David Gross
Co-Managing Partner, Bain Capital - Thomas M. Hagerty
Managing Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners - Marina Hatsopoulos
Board Chair, Levitronix Technologies; Entrepreneur and Writer - Carletta Higginson
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, Warner Music Group - Steven Holtzman
Strategic Advisor and Former CEO, Decibel Therapeutics - Velina Hasu Houston
Distinguished Professor of Theatre in Dramatic Writing and Resident Playwright, USC - Bill Kaiser
Partner Emeritus, Greylock Partners - Peter Labbat
Managing Partner, Energy Capital Partners - Grace Kelly BM '12
Saxophonist, singer, and songwriter - Hassell McClellan
Associate Professor (Retired) of Finance and Policy, Boston College - Kristine Moyer Higgins
Independent Consultant, KMH Consulting - Robert S. Murley
Vice Chairman/Senior Advisor, UBS - Jim Pallotta
Managing Partner and Founder, The Raptor Group - Anthony Pangaro
Real Estate Developer, Millennium Partners—Boston - Jeff Patterson
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, round2media LLC - Jon Platt
Chairman and CEO, Sony Music Publishing - (Snow) Dan Qin
Vice President, Y&J Petroleum Services - David Scott Sloan
Partner, Holland & Knight - Darius Sidebotham
Financial Advisor, Bernstein Private Wealth Management - Beth Carrillo Thomas '10
Senior Advisor and Former Partner, Bain Capital - Katie (Schlosser) Vitolins BM '04
Head of Fan Commerce, Amazon Music - Paul D. Wachter
Founder and CEO, Main Street Advisors - Tarik Ward
Director of Global Strategic Operations and U.S. Programs, the ELMA Philanthropies Services - Andy Youniss
Executive Chairman, 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