The Iranian American Women Foundation is pleased to announce that Parisa Khosravi, the Founder and President of Payam Global Strategies LLC, has joined its Advisory Board.

Khosravi recently retired from CNN after nearly three decades with the company. Throughout her career as Senior Vice President of international newsgathering, domestic newsgathering and global relations for CNN Worldwide, Khosravi led CNN's historic coverage of countless award-winning news stories. As a CNN executive for over two decades, she led CNN's key international editorial relationships; as the first-ever global Ambassador for CNN, Khosravi met and liaised with world leaders and decision-makers. Khosravi is a recognized authority on safety and security matters for her meticulous and decisive management of CNN's teams as they covered the world's most dangerous hotspots, conflicts, and natural disasters. Khosravi is also an expert on crisis management, multiculturalism, and women-in-the-workforce issues. With unrivaled commitment and passion for international news, Khosravi orchestrated CNN's largest investment in international newsgathering in its history. Khosravi will put her experience and established global relationships to use in order to make positive change happen and advance the cause of good for humanity with her new endeavor.