Simone Pilon is the executive director for Berklee Valencia, responsible for the vision, strategic direction, and day-to-day operations of all areas of the Valencia campus. She is charged with the development and execution of Berklee’s academic strategy on the Valencia campus, including new programs and partnerships, career development and student success efforts, and community outreach. Prior to assuming this role, Pilon served as dean of academic affairs at the Valencia campus, where she played a leading role in academic strategy, overseeing the graduate and undergraduate programs, academic records and services, library, and technology. She previously served as chair of Berklee’s Liberal Arts Department in Boston, serving students at both Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Pilon has been a Fulbright-Hays scholar to Morocco and Tunisia, has published in international journals, and has presented at national and international conferences. She has served as technical reviewer for Cliffs, Dummies, and Everything books; published a student edition of Louis Hémon's canonical novel Maria Chapdelaine, with Molière and Company; and co-edited the book Woodstock Then and Now: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (Clemson University Press) with Berklee faculty member Alex Ludwig. Simone holds a PhD from Université Laval and an MA from McGill University.