Soula Parassidis has appeared at leading opera and concert venues worldwide, including Berlin Philharmonie, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Prague Rudolfinum, Oper Leipzig, Festival Aix-en-Provence, Theater an der Wien, Opéra Nationale de Bordeaux, Guangzhou Opera, Taipei Symphony, and many others.

A passionate advocate for the operatic art form and the singers who inhabit the stage, in 2019 Soula founded the online platform Living Opera. Living Opera is a community initiative spanning 4 continents that strives to inform, equip, and empower singers about the realities of the business of opera. Living Opera has worked with various organizations including Medici TV (Paris), Reload Greece (London), Florida State University, Houston Grand Opera Studio, and Northland, Orlando.

Soula Parassidis

CHALK

Leading CHALK Coaching through launch, fundraising and scaling phases of its CHALK platform.

CHALK is an easy-to-use classroom observation and professional development platform for early learning and kindergarten classrooms. It empowers instructional coaches and administrators to collect meaningful classroom observation data, immediately visualize the results, develop collaborative action plans, and track changes over time - predicting gains across both academic and self-regulation skills for students.

Chief Executive Officer

Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Strategic Growth & Innovation - Guide founders in developing future-ready strategies that align purpose with scalable innovation and measurable impact.

Cross-Sector & Global Expansion - Offer insight and tactical support for navigating complex international markets, partnerships, and regulatory environments.

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching - Mentor emerging and established entrepreneurs/leaders on building high-trust, high-performance teams while enhancing personal leadership agility.

Pitch Refinement & Thought Leadership - Support entrepreneurs/changemakers in refining their pitch, brand narrative, and public speaking to attract capital, or partners

Advisor

the Wond'ry

Member of a network of entrepreneurs, executives, creatives, and forward thinkers eager to share their experience and insights with the Vanderbilt University Innovation Ecosystem.

Mentor

GLCC

Pro bono advisor board position to help support keeping the innovation mindset at the forefront of establishment, growth and scale decisions.

Innovation Advisor

Yes|And|Next

Innovation Consultant & Speaker

Vanderbilt University

Embodying a demonstrated commitment to, and interest in entrepreneurship, innovation, and galvanizing connection and collaboration. Focused on networking between university partners, the Wond’ry and various key Nashville innovation ecosystem leaders and organizations. Aggregating and distributing local ecosystem key information, initiating, orchestrating, and facilitating ecosystem development activities and building connections. Leading special collaboration projects enhancing the Wond’ry’s and Vanderbilt’s supporting role in the development of the innovation ecosystem in Greater Nashville.

Director, Strategic Engagement & Ecosystem Development

Assistant Director, Entrepreneurship at Vanderbilt University

Assistant Director, Entrepreneurship

University of Florida Innovation Academy

•	Drive all co-curricular student experiences (student organizations, career coaching, internships, UF resources, philanthropy etc.)
•	Lead all marketing/communications strategies and collateral design and event management
•	Co-lead development procurement and donor relationship management 
•	Lead IA Ambassadors (+35 students) 
•	UF Advisor for Iota Alpha pre-professional sorority and HIRE IA student/employer relations
•	University Multicultural Mentor Program Mentor
•	2020 Career Influencer Award, UF Career Connections Center (& Nominee for the 2019 Award)

Assistant Director, Innovation Academy

Sebastian Ferrero Foundation

Detail and Logistic coordination  for +600 guest annual fundraiser to benefit UF Health Shands Children's Hospital.

Director, 2017 Noche de Gala

Advantage Publishing Inc.

Embarking in a new direction as the Managing Editor of Business in Greater Gainesville Magazine.

Editorial Director & Business Strategist

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers

Led the LifeCord organization to successfully fulfill new community outreach, cord blood collection, cord blood cell processing and storage, and cord blood unit distribution for transplant goals. LifeCord is a public non-profit umbilical cord blood bank, licensed by the FDA providing hematopoietic stem cells for transplant, and is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers.

Director of LifeCord

TEDxSpeaker | Connector | Innovator | Collaborator | Builder | Leader

Yesi B. Sevilla, a TEDx speaker, has 20+ years of experience in leadership roles across varying ed-tech, global biotech and healthcare industries, consulting, and higher education. Her diverse industry background, global business acumen, dedication to inclusive innovation and multilingual skills make her an invaluable resource in innovating, collaborating, building, and leading.

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