Glenn Creamer
Title
Co-founder Providence Equity Partners
Speaker or Honorary Degree
Honorary Degree
Year
2026
Program
Undergraduate
Honorary Degree
Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
Description
Glenn Creamer is a co-founder of Providence Equity Partners, where he currently serves as a senior advisor. Over the course of his thirty-plus year career, he and his partners built Providence Equity from a small private equity firm with a single office in Providence, RI to a global firm that has managed over $33 billion of committed capital. During his long career at Providence Equity, he served on the firm’s management and investment committees as well as the boards of numerous public and private companies in North America and Europe.
Mr. Creamer started his private equity career at Narragansett Capital, an early pioneer in private equity investing. Previously, he worked at both Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan. He is a graduate of Brown University, where he concentrated in international relations and economics. He received a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School. He recently concluded ten years on the HBS Board of Dean’s Advisors. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
In addition to his professional career, Mr. Creamer has long been active in the nonprofit world, including serving in numerous leadership positions. He currently serves as chairman of the World Affairs Councils of America in Washington D.C. He is also the chairman of the Catholic Relief Services Foundation in Baltimore. In addition, Mr. Creamer is president of the Thomas Becket Foundation, which supports the Brown-RISD Catholic Community.
Mr. Creamer’s other current philanthropic activities include serving as a director of the Norton Museum of Art, the RISD Museum, Mustard Seed Communities, and the American Friends of Jamaica. He has been a member of the finance council for the Catholic Diocese of Providence for approximately twenty years.
Glenn Creamer
Glenn Creamer is a co-founder of Providence Equity Partners, where he currently serves as a senior advisor. Over the course of his thirty-plus year career, he and his partners built Providence Equity from a small private equity firm with a single office in Providence, RI to a global firm that has managed over $33 billion of committed capital. During his long career at Providence Equity, he served on the firm’s management and investment committees as well as the boards of numerous public and private companies in North America and Europe.
Mr. Creamer started his private equity career at Narragansett Capital, an early pioneer in private equity investing. Previously, he worked at both Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan. He is a graduate of Brown University, where he concentrated in international relations and economics. He received a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School. He recently concluded ten years on the HBS Board of Dean’s Advisors. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
In addition to his professional career, Mr. Creamer has long been active in the nonprofit world, including serving in numerous leadership positions. He currently serves as chairman of the World Affairs Councils of America in Washington D.C. He is also the chairman of the Catholic Relief Services Foundation in Baltimore. In addition, Mr. Creamer is president of the Thomas Becket Foundation, which supports the Brown-RISD Catholic Community.
Mr. Creamer’s other current philanthropic activities include serving as a director of the Norton Museum of Art, the RISD Museum, Mustard Seed Communities, and the American Friends of Jamaica. He has been a member of the finance council for the Catholic Diocese of Providence for approximately twenty years.
Comments
Glenn Creamer was an honorary degree recipient at the Bryant University Undergraduate Commencement exercises on May 16, 2026.