Current Position and Past Experience
Fatma Mili is a Professor of Computer at Grand Valley State University where she served as the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost until August 1st, 2024. During her provost tenure at GVSU, student success and student retention were a prominent priority and the focus of several successful initiatives. In addition to the provost role, Dr. Mili held several administrative and leadership positions in the last 15 years. She led the College of Computing and Informatics at University of North Carolina Charlotte as its Dean and oversaw growth and diversification of its students and research agenda.

Before that, she was at Purdue University where she served as unit head then Associate Dean of Educational Research and Development and co-founded the Purdue Polytechnic Institute and co-led its implementation leading to the transformation and rebranding of the College of Technology into the Purdue Polytechnic. Prior to Purdue, Mili served as the Chair of Computer Science and Engineering, a professor of Computer Science and as Associate Dean of Engineering at Oakland University.

Education, Honors and Achievements
Mili holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris Sorbonne), France. Her academic research was in the areas of software verification and validation, distributed systems, intelligent decision support, and bio-inspired computing. Her administrative and leadership focus has been on contributing to the realization of Higher Education’s aspiration as the engine for progress, social justice, and social transformation through scholarship, education, and engagement.