About ACEI


ACEI's Executive Team

Jasmin S. Kuehnert | President & CEO
Jasmin S. Kuehnert is the founder, President and CEO of Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc. (ACEI), incorporated in the State of California since 1994. ACEI is a private credential evaluation organization headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in several US cities. She was the former Executive Director of the International Education Research Foundation, Inc. Jasmin S. Kuehnert is recognized as an authority on world education systems and is actively engaged in international educational and exchange. She has authored the Country Guide Series Reports on Senegal (2000) and Cameroon and co-authored the 1998 book on the system of education of Hong Kong. She has contributed to PIER Reports on the systems of education of Central America (1987), Canada (1987), and the United Kingdom (1990). Jasmin S. Kuehnert served as Chair of the Admission-Section (ADSEC) Committee of NAFSA (National Association of Foreign Student Advisors: Association of International Educators) from 1999 to 2001, as Chair of NAFSA's Region XII Southern District committee from 1995 to 1999, and served on AACRAO's Publication and Reviews Committee from 1990-1993. She has provided training and made frequent presentations on foreign educational systems and the recognition of international credentials at conferences and symposiums in the United States and abroad. She is frequently called on by US government, academic institutions, state licensing boards, private enterprise as well as institutions and educational ministries abroad for assistance with international academic credentials. Jasmin S. Kuehnert completed her secondary education in the United Kingdom, holds the B.A. in Political Science from the University of San Diego and M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. She is currently serving as Chair of the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc.
Alan A. Saidi | Senior Vice-President & COO
Alan Saidi is the Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of A.C.E.I. Since the inception of A.C.E.I. Alan Saidi has been involved in the on-going development and enhancement of ACEI's electronic database on world education systems and credential equivalencies. Holding an Engineering Degree in Electronics Engineering with prior experience in both academe and business, Alan Saidi's automation of ACEI's more than fifteen years of evaluations provides ACEI's team of evaluators with immediate and efficient access to information promoting consistency and accuracy in educational equivalency reporting. Alan Saidi has regularly led training workshops and presented on foreign educational systems and the recognition of international educational credentials at various professional conferences.
Nora S. Khacheturians | Executive Director
Nora S. Khacheturians is the Executive Director of A.C.E.I. since 2006. She served as Director of University Placement at ELS Language Center (USA) from 1982 to 2006. She was the founder and President of EDWAM Services in Tehran, Iran (1975-1980) and Director of AFME/AMIDEAST (1963-1975) in Tehran. With business degrees from Switzerland and the United Kingdom, Nora S. Khacheturians has over four decades of experience in international education, international student counseling and placement, and has worked closely with U.S. admissions officers and international student advisors in their efforts to effectively recruit and admit foreign student candidates to their institutions.