Mehul Patel

CEO, NASM

Ascend Learning

Mehul Patel is CEO of Ascend Learning brands National Academy of Sports Medicine, ClickSafety and ExamFX. He brings to his role more than 20 years of experience driving growth through acquisitions and corporate strategy, with a broad background in marketing, education, operations and product management. Prior to Ascend, Mehul served as chief operating officer at PharmaCann. He also formerly served as group president with Adtalem, president of Apollo Global with Apollo Education Group, and in senior leadership roles with Kaplan, Inc., Thomson Learning/NETg, and UNext.