Board of Trustees
The Berklee College of Music 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 - 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 Altarescu '02 (alumnus trustee)
Director of Marketing–North America, Spotify - Luis Alvarez '83 (alumnus trustee)
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 '02 (alumna trustee)
Singer-songwriter, performer - Dean F. Goodermote
Founder and CEO, Grid Analytics - Peter C. Gotcher
Independent Venture Investor - David Gross-Loh
Managing Director, Bain Capital - Christopher Guest
Actor, director, and writer for theater, radio, television, and film - Josh Gruss '97 (alumnus trustee)
CEO/Chairman, Round Hill Music - Nils Gums '06 (alumnus trustee)
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
Executive Vice President for Corporate Development, Biogen Idec - 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 - Demond Martin
Partner, Adage Capital Management - Marc Mayer
Private investor - Jane L. Mendillo
President and Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Management Company - Peter Muller
Founder and CEO, PDT Partners - Alex Rigopulos
Chief Creative Officer, Harmonix - Susan Solomont
Senior Advisor, The Philanthropic Initiative - 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