Nossi Malek Vatandoost

Background

Vatandoost, Nossi Malek was born on May 22, 1935 in Teheran, Iran. Daughter of AbdullahGoodar and Mahtaban (Goodar) Malek.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Western Kentucky University, 1970.

Career

Art teacher Metropolitan-Davidson County School System, Nashville, 1970-1971. Director, owner Nossi College Art, Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 1973, director Tennessee Proprietary Business School Association, Incorporated., president Crimson Corporation. Treasurer Malek & Associates Incorporated., 1976.

Director EXCEL Education Corporation, 1980-1986.

Visiting lecturer, consultant EXCEL Business Institute, 1980-1986. Active member National Trust for History Preservation.

Achievements

• Nossi Malek Vatandoost has been listed as a noteworthy art school administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Association for Female Executives, National Museum Women in the Arts (charter), National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Hendersonville Art Council, Hendersonville Art Guild (committee chairman), Career College Association, The Art Institute of Chicago Nashville (founder, Chief Executive Officer), International Council Design Schools (president 1997-1998). Club: Soroptimists (Upper Cumberland Valley, Tennessee).

Connections

Married Ira Vatandoost, May 30, 1964. Children: Debbie, Cyrus.

Father:

AbdullahGoodar Malek

Mother:

Mahtaban (Goodar) Malek

Spouse:

Ira Vatandoost

child:

Debbie Vatandoost

child:

Cyrus Vatandoost