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
• Jeff Shames
  Board Chair; Executive in Residence, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Michael R. Eisenson
  Board Vice Chair; Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC
• Susan Whitehead
  Board Vice Chair; Vice Chair, Whitehead Institute
• David Abrams
  Founder and Managing Member, Abrams Capital Management LP
• Luis Alvarez '83
  Vice President, Mendez & Company Inc.
• G. Leonard Baker, Jr.
  Partner, Sutter Hill Ventures
• Michael A. Brown
  Chairman, Line 6
• John Connaughton
  Co-Managing Partner, Bain Capital LLC
• Cynthia K. Curme
  Vice Chair, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Emilio Estefan
  Grammy-winning producer
• Gloria Estefan
  Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
• Monica Giraldo '02
  Singer-songwriter, performer
• Dean F. Goodermote
  Founder and CEO, Grid Analytics
• David Gross-Loh
  Managing Director, Bain Capital
• Josh Gruss '97
  CEO/Chairman, Round Hill Music
• Christopher Guest
  Actor, director, and writer for theater, radio, television, and film
• Nils Gums '06
  CEO and President, The Complex Group
• Dan Harple 
  Director, Shamrock Ventures, BV
• Kristine Moyer Higgins
  Client Service and Marketing Executive (retired), Health Dialog
• Charles Hirschhorn
  President, AEG/AXS TV LLC
• Steven Holtzman
  President and 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
• Laura Kunkemueller
  Environmental, Social, and Governance Officer, Boston Company Asset Management, LLC
• Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
  Emily Hargroves Fisher Endowed Chair, Harvard Graudate School of Education
• Miky Lee (Mie Kyung Lee)
  Vice Chairwoman of CJ Group
• Martin J. Mannion
  Managing Director, Summit Partners
• Demond Martin
  Partner, Adage Capital Management
• Marc Mayer
  Head of North American Distribution, Schroders
• 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
• Anthony Pangaro
  Real Estate Developer, MillenniumPartners—Boston
• Alex Rigopulos
  Chief Creative Officer, Harmonix
• David Scott Sloan
  Partner, Holland & Knight
• Darius Sidebotham
  Financial Advisor, AB Bernstein, Private Wealth Management
• Susan Solomont
  Senior Advisor, The Philanthropic Initiative
• Jeffrey C. Walker
  Chairman, New Profit
• Ann Marie Wilkins
  Founder and CEO, Wilkins Management Inc.
• Marillyn Zacharis
  Cochair, ArtsEmerson
• Barry Zubrow
  President, ITB LLC

Trustees Emeriti

• Vivian C. Beard
• Scott Benson
• Patricia Casale
• Neal J. Curtin
• William M. Davis
• Mike Dreese
• William E. Falconer
• Allan T. McLean
• Rod Nordell
• Rhoda Sapers
• Craigie Zildjian

Board of Overseers

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