Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Job Description:

Berklee is proud to have cultivated one of the most accomplished and extensively connected alumni networks in the creative industries. Berklee graduates lead, innovate, and inspire across every corner of the global arts and entertainment landscape. Notable Berklee College of Music alumni include Quincy Jones, Gary Burton, Esperanza Spalding, Juan Luis Guerra, Terri Lyne Carrington, Charlie Puth, and Danilo Pérez. Prominent Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni include Gabriella Reyes, Ebony Williams, Jonathon Heyward, and Mike Mosallam, to name only a few.
 

Berklee is celebrated as the unrivaled global leader in music and performing arts education, consistently earning top honors from the Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Newsweek, and Playbill. From its world-renowned campuses to its innovative online programs, Berklee sets the standard for excellence, creativity, and influence in the industry.
 

Berklee’s YouTube channel is the most viewed college/university channel in the world, with more than 430 million views and over 1.65 million subscribers.

Berklee has experienced significant growth over the past decade. The institution currently serves 7,608 undergraduate and 840 graduate students, as well as roughly 5,000 à la carte, certificate, and pre-college students. This community is guided by 386 full-time and 769 part-time faculty members, supported by a staff of 899.*

For more about Berklee, please visit About Berklee, Fundamental Values, and Mission and Vision.

*Source: 2023–2024 Berklee Factbook
 

President Jim Lucchese

As Berklee embarks on its next chapter, President Jim Lucchese, the institution's fifth leader, draws on his rich history of championing artists to drive student growth and foster innovation. In this transformative era, he is committed to realizing Berklee's strategic vision and reinforcing its status as a global leader in music education.
 

Lucchese brings to this role 20 years of experience innovating artist-focused services. A Boston-born musician who has served Berklee in many advisory roles over the course of his career, Lucchese is uniquely positioned to lead Berklee in providing unmatched learning experiences for today's students and realizing the institution’s vision to build the future of arts education.
 

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Berklee is deeply committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic which may be specified by law or institutional policy. For more on Berklee’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, please see the Diversity Values Statement and visit Human Resources or the Office for Diversity and Inclusion.

Position Summary

As Berklee embarks on its next chapter, President Jim Lucchese, the institution's fifth leader, draws on his rich history of championing artists to drive student growth and foster innovation. In this transformative era, he is committed to a bold strategic vision for Berklee as a global leader in music education and innovation. To support President Lucchese’s bold new vision for Berklee, the institution is seeking an innovative, dynamic, and accomplished Institutional Advancement executive to serve as Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement (SVP).

The SVP will be a strategic partner to the President and be an accomplished leader with demonstrated capacity to build upon the existing advancement base, strengthening and transforming it into an operation that is the envy of institutions across the U.S. Beginning with a strategic assessment of existing philanthropic strengths and assets, this individual will have the opportunity to create a road map for long-term growth that includes creative and entrepreneurial fundraising strategies, metrics for success, and accountabilit