HOST

Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert

President & CEO
Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc. (ACEI)
Bio

Zina Rumleanscaia

Zina is the Senior Evaluator of ACEI since 2018. She served as Deputy Director of Foreign Credentials Service of America (F.C.S.A.) from 2016 to 2017 and as Deputy Director of International Education Services, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (IES/A.A.C.R.A.O) from 2012 to 2016. She began her career at AACRAO in 2004, where she initially served as Assistant Director and subsequently was promoted to the position of Associate Director for Client Services in 2006. Zina holds the Diploma de Licenta in Modern Languages from Balti State University “A. Russo”, Moldova; she received the Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship and earned the Master of Education in Higher Education Administration degree from the University of Massachusetts (UMASS). Zina is a native speaker of Russian and Romanian, possesses near-native English, advanced French and intermediate Arabic language proficiency.

Wellington Radu

Wellington is the Senior Manager: Authentication Services at the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). He is responsible for the verification of national and evaluation of foreign qualifications. Prior to this, he was the Director responsible for SAQA’s advocacy and communication initiatives. He holds a Masters Degree in Development Sociology from the University of the Witwatersrand and he is interested in the nexus between South African and international trends in verification and evaluation practices.

Kim Snyders

Kim is the Manager: Ratification of Foreign Qualifications at the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). She is responsible for overseeing the foreign qualifications sub-unit and has over fifteen years’ experience in this field. Kim is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Counselling Psychologist and holds a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.