Fernando Oliver, Esq.

Fernando Oliver, Esq. Is the Chief Operating Officer and Legal Consultant of Bronx United IPA and Hudson Heights IPA. He also serves as Interim COO of both corporations, as well as two other related IPAs which operate in Rockland and Erie counties. Mr. Oliver is licensed in the states of New York and New Jersey and has practiced Health Law for the past 10 years. He has also practiced Criminal Defense Law for 25 years. In the 1980s and 1990s he served as legal commentator and analyst for several NYC media outlets and has published over 100 articles in diverse topics related to education, history, law, NYC politics, and US foreign policy. He has received service awards from the Dominican Day Parade & Festival, the Puerto Rican Day Parade, and the Colombian Day Parade, as well as the NYS Senate and the House of Representatives in Colombia.

Mr. Oliver is also a tenured Full Professor of Business/Law with 26 years of service at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), where he also teaches history. In 2004, he founded the Gateway to the Future Program (Puerta al Futuro), a FDU college program for limited English-speaking adults which has graduated over 1200 students over the past 9 years from its Associate, Baccalaureate, and Masters programs. He presently serves as Chairman of program’s Advisory Board. Mr. Oliver possesses a BBA from the University of Puerto Rico, an MA from Rowan State University, and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. He also pursued doctoral studies in Industrial Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center, and economic studies at the Henry George Christian Economics Institute.