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Parisa is a keynote speaker, a strategic adviser and a multi-award-winning veteran journalist and news executive. With over three decades of experience on the global stage, Parisa has first-hand experience dealing with world leaders, dignitaries and high-ranking officials across the globe in order to open doors to difficult and dangerous parts of the world where freedom of speech is in no way guaranteed.

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Parisa speaks on the topic of compassionate leadership to audiences across private and public sectors. Those who meet and hear Parisa are struck by her down-to-earth approach and wealth of life experience which is so evident in her message. Parisa’s motto is: "You never know what is inside someone until you give them a chance."

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Parisa is an advocate for individuals with autism and has focused her efforts in helping the “silent champions” like her son.

Parisa’s joy and passion both in her career as a journalist and as a mother to her special son is to help give voice to the voiceless. She leads with empathy, compassion and integrity earning her the nickname of “Mother Parisa”.

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Throughout her career as senior vice president for international news gathering, national news gathering and global relations for CNN Worldwide, Parisa directed historic coverage of countless award-winning news stories such as the fall of East Bloc, the Rwandan genocide, the earthquake in Haiti and the Arab Spring. Parisa left CNN in 2015.

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CNN lauded Parisa in its farewell to her by stating: “No one has played a greater role in emergence and then dominance of CNN international news gathering than Parisa.”

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Parisa has spoken about compassionate leadership at NASA, United Nations, Delta Airlines and numerous other private and public organizations and companies.

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