Frederick E. Jordan, also known as Fred Jordan, is a civil engineer, businessman, activist, veteran, and author. He also serves on various boards and business networks, like the National Black Chamber of Commerce. Jordan received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Howard University. After serving in the Vietnam War, Jordan attended Northeastern University in Boston to earn his master’s degree in engineering. During his first year at Northeastern, Bechtel Corporation, a global engineering company, approached him with a job offer in California. He took it, also transferring to Stanford University to complete his master’s degree.

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Fred Jordan, engineer and entrepreneur, founded the California Business Council for Equal Opportunity

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In September 1998, Jordan published a book titled The Lynching of the American Dream. In his book, Jordan advocated for affirmative action for all minority groups to counteract bias in education. He wrote this book in response to legislative actions trying to end affirmative action. Jordan was not going to sit back and watch others suffer, so he took the initiative to spread awareness with his writing.

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F. E. Jordan Associates is a multi-discipline professional engineering and construction management firm for the past 35 years.​

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F. E. Jordan Associates has successfully completed over 1000 projects of various types, sizes and complexity totaling hundreds of millions of construction value throughout the United States, Africa and Central America. The firm has a completely integrated organization with a staff of experienced planners and registered professional engineers qualified in civil, structural, sanitary, hydraulic, water resources, and environmental along with site, urban design and transportation planning.