Montserrat College of Art Leadership

President of Montserrat College of Art.
Kurt T. Steinberg, Ed. D.

Dr. Kurt T. Steinberg, Ed.D. is the 8^th President of Montserrat College of Art. He began his tenure at the college on July 1, 2018 after 12 years as Executive Vice President and one year as Acting President at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

An authority in collegiate operations, Dr. Steinberg has delivered guest lectures on higher education finance, urban planning, and the Massachusetts political process at Suffolk University, the University of Massachusetts Boston, and many professional higher education conferences.

He has served on and chaired accreditation teams for the New England Commission of Higher Education (N.E.C.H.E.), the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (N.A.S.A.D.), National Association of Schools of Music (N.A.S.M.), and the National Association of Schools of Dance (N.A.S.D.). He was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce in the fall of 2018.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Syracuse University and a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He earned his Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Organizational Leadership from Northeastern University.

A resident of Framingham, MA, Dr. Steinberg is an Honorary Trustee of the Danforth Art Alliance after serving as Trustee of the Danforth Museum and School. He was an elected member of the Framingham Town Meeting and later chair of the Town Finance Committee. Dr. Steinberg is married to Sarah Steinberg, a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts and an artist-educator with the Wellesley Public Schools. Mrs. Steinberg maintains a studio practice at Saxonville Mills in Framingham. The Steinbergs have two sons, one of whom attends Framingham High School and the other the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Learn more about Dr. Steinberg and his message here.

Board of Trustees

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Bonnie Williams Henry,
Vice Chair – Board Relations
Founder/President
DKH Business Advisors
Salem, MA

Mercedes Sherrod Evans
Chief Diversity Officer (Retired)
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Cambridge, MA

John Sutyak, Secretary
EVP, Digital Development Management
Beverly, MA

Barbara Schaye, Vice Chair- The Council
Chair
The Council
Wealth Management
Marblehead, MA

Heidi Z. Adam, Vice Chair of Advancement
Founder
Z/Adam
Wenham, MA

TRUSTEES MEMBERS

Chris Koeplin
President
Chair of the Facilities &
Campus Infrastructure Committee
Beverly Crossing
Beverly, MA

January Gill O’Neil
Author/Executive Director
Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Beverly, MA

Dr. Timothy M. Johnson
Head of School
Pingree School,
South Hamilton, MA

Alyssa Watters ’07
Principal
Art by Alyssa
Beverly, MA

Thomas Grant
Managing Partner
Hale Ventures,LLC
Beverly, MA

Stacy Thomas Vickory
Assoc. Professor and Coord. of Academic Facilities
Visual Comm. & Design

Alex Lamb
Chair – Investment Committee
Managing Director
New Summit Investments LLC Manchester, MA

Rachel Perry
Artist
Gloucester, MA and Brooklyn, NY

Richard Yagjian
Executive Vice President
WB Hunt Company
Peabody, MA

Richard Diego ’23
Student Trustee
Concentration: Undeclared

Scott Glosserman
Founder/CEO
Gathr Films, 
Ipswich, MA

Jeff Hamilton
Founder
2G LLC,
Hamilton, MA

Tyson J. Lynch, Esq. 
Vice President
Barrett & Company
Lynn, MA

Judy Schmid
Graphic Designer / Artist
Marblehead, MA

Kenneth Turner
Director, Diversity & Inclusion/Compliance
Massport Authority
Hyde Park, MA

The Council

Barbara Schaye: Chair

Stephen C. Archer

John Colucci 

Lee Essex Doyle

R. Hilliard Ebling

Charles Esdaile

Ricardo Fernandez

Miranda Gooding

Henrietta Gates

Deb Greel

Kimberly Smith Guerster

Catherine Mitchell

Brian Murphy

Olivia Parker

Jonathan Payson

Marcia G. Strouss

Paul Trefry

Presidents Cabinet

Jo Broderick:
Dean of College Relations and Special Assistant to the President

Cara Callanan:
Finance Director

Jeffrey Newell:
Director of Admissions

Brian Pellinen:
Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs

Maureen Wark:
Dean of Students

Olivia Lejeune:
Executive Assistant to the President