Awarded Emeritus status in 2022.

Don Berecz joined the faculty of Georgia Southern University in 2007, as the director of the Center for Forensic Studies in Accounting and Business. He had previously served 23 years as a special agent with the FBI. He was agency-certified as a financial investigator, police instructor, and polygraph examiner. During his career he was assigned to the Seattle, Illinois, and Washington, DC, field offices. He was responsible for a wide variety of criminal investigations, and also participated in undercover operations, foreign counterintelligence matters, and recruiting for the FBI.

Mr. Berecz is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI).  He is a licensed and practicing polygraph examiner. He is active in numerous professional organizations to include the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the American Association of Police Polygraphists, and the International Association of Interviewers.