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Linda Gillette Parodi Joins KALLISTA

Linda Gillette Parodi has joined KALLISTA as co-founder, director of sales and education.

by Jan Hillenmeyer
October 21, 2013
1 min to read


Linda Gillette Parodi

George Frantzis,co-founder and general manager for KALLISTA, a company fully dedicated to the needs of professionals, is pleased to announce the formal introduction of Linda Gillette Parodi to the company. She will assume the role of Co-Founder, Director of Sales and Education.

“Linda is well known and beloved among American salon professionals as well as distributors,” said Frantzis in making the announcement. “We are thrilled to have her full attention on KALLISTA, the company she helped create.” 

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Most recently, Linda served as global education manager for Procter and Gamble in Geneva, Switzerland. She worked on such well-known P&G brands as Wella, Sebastian, Nioxin and System Professional. Prior to moving to Switzerland, she spent many years with Wella in the United States. She resides in Geneva with her husband and two children.

In January 2014, KALLISTA will launch KALLISTA Daily Hand Care and KALLISTA Intensive Hand Care exclusively in the U.S. professional market. Both are especially created to meet the needs of salon professionals, who often experience work-related skin irritations on their hands—their most important and precious professional tools. Visit www.kallistabeauty.com.

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