Fardad Fateri

Fardad Fateri has been leading IEC since early 2008. Dr. Fateri is part of a select group of chief executives in American higher education with significant experience in the imperative but rare triad of academic, operations, and business verticals. In his more than 25 years of experience in higher education, Dr. Fateri has served as a professor, department chair, dean, regional director, college president, division president, chief academic officer, board director, trustee, CEO, and chairman of several small to large sized non-profit, market funded, and privately held systems of higher education.​

Dr. Fateri has taught for many years both on-ground and online, publishes regularly on various topics, and presents frequently at regional and national conferences. He completed his undergraduate, post-graduate, doctorate and post-doctorate education at University of California Irvine, California State University, Alliant International University, and Harvard University.