AACRAO

Ann M. Koenig has been an associate director with AACRAO International since 2002. Her career in international education spans more than 25 years, including foreign credential evaluation in professional evaluation services, and campus-based work in international undergraduate and graduate admissions, student records management, academic advising and transfer credit evaluation, at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, a University of Maryland University College program in Germany, Golden Gate University in San Francisco, and the University of California, Berkeley. 

Ann has done in-depth research on education in several countries. She is the author of the ECE monograph An Overview of the Educational System of Albania (1993), co-author of the PIER workshop report on Poland (1992) and AACRAO Country Guide The Educational System of the Russian Federation (2008), and contributor to NAFSA’s A Guide to Educational Systems Around the World (1999), the AACRAO EDGE online database, AACRAO’s Guide to Bogus Institutions and Documents (2006), The AACRAO International Guide (2010 and 2016 editions), AACRAO’s Transfer Handbook (2015), the AACRAO quarterly journal College & University and AACRAO Connect.

 A frequent workshop trainer and conference presenter, Ann specializes in sharing information on country educational systems, best practices in international academic record review and admissions, and academic credential fraud awareness. She has presented at professional development and training events sponsored by AACRAO, NAFSA, NAGAP, EAIE, and other organizations in the U.S. and Europe.

Leah McCormack is the Director of Eligibility Services at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Leah graduated with honors from DePaul University with a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and earned her MBA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is an avid traveler, proficient in numerous languages, and has lived for short periods of time in Brazil and France. Leah helped establish the NAIA Eligibility Center’s international division and has been a leader in developing credential evaluation standards since the Eligibility Center’s inception. Leah has contributed to the field of credential evaluation in various capacities including, presenting at numerous national conferences, co-authoring a chapter in the most recent AACRAO International Guide, and is the incoming Chair for the Professional Activities Committee (PAC) International Admissions Committee. 

Robert Watkins Assistant Director of Admissions, University of Texas at Austin, Former Vice-President of International Education, AACRAO

Staci Bernhard currently serves as the Senior Manager for Admissions, Recruitment, and Financial Aid at Florida International University’s Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. Graduate School of Business. She has over a decade of experience in all areas of the student pipeline from prospect to enrollment at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Staci earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Education, and subsequently earned a Master of Science in Higher Education Administration with a focus in Counseling, both from Florida International University in Miami, Florida. As a Miami native, she considers Florida International University her home.

In her current role, Staci focuses on Agent Management, domestic and international credential evaluation for graduate level programs, and the admission process for a variety of programs within FIU’s Chapman Graduate School of Business. Due to her work with Agent Management, and the location of her home institution, the bulk of her credential evaluations are from India, China, Saudi Arabia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.