Alex D. Sevilla, Ed.D.
Founder & Lead Consultant
Over two decades of dean, vice provost, and senior executive leadership from the University of Florida and Vanderbilt University — driving strategy, enrollment growth, program development, and student learning and career placement outcomes at scale.
Every campus has activity. Few have direction.
No one knows your institution better than the people who lead it. That knowledge is not a starting assumption — it is the most important design input we have. AdvancAI brings the strategic expertise and the frameworks. Your institution brings the culture, the governance, the history, and the people. What emerges from that partnership is not a template applied — it is a strategy genuinely and uniquely built, one that equips every person on your campus to lead, contribute, and sustain AI transformation from within.
There will be institutions that set the course for what AI-Forward higher education looks like — and those that inherit someone else's version of it. The window to lead is open. AdvancAI exists to help you move through it.
A Collaboration with:
Tawnya Means, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Academic Officer
L y r i c L e a d
Write the song. Lead the Change.
A radical collaboration blending songwriting with transformational leadership development.
During the Lyric Lead leadership program, participants harness the energy and insights sparked by the songwriting experience and channel them into a transformational leadership session tailored to their goals.
They make direct connections between Lyric Lead's Seven Essential Skills of Innovation: Creativity, Communication, Empathy, Collaboration, Risk-Taking, Diffusion and Lateral Thinking, and apply them to customized leadership conversations designed to advance understanding, inspire action, and deliver lasting impact for themselves, their teams, and their organizations.
A Collaboration with:
Cliff Goldmacher
Professional Songwriter, Author & Speaker
Why it Matters.
Lyric Lead is more than a program. It's a catalyst for transformation. By blending the spark of creative songwriting with bespoke leadership development, participants experience a powerful and memorable journey that redefines how they lead, strengthens their influence and fuels meaningful impact that continues well beyond the session.
Yesi B. Sevilla
Co-Founder & Innovation Consultant
TEDx speaker, author, and human-centered innovation consultant who designs systems that elevate people — not just efficiency — in an increasingly AI-driven world. With over 20 years of leadership experience across global biotechnology, healthcare, higher education, and edtech.
HUman-Centered Innovation
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PEOPLE FIRST. TECHNOLOGY WITH PURPOSE.
The future belongs to organizations that blend human wisdom and AI capabilities.
EMPATHY
We start with people and real needs.
INSIGHT
The uncover patterns that drive clarity.
COLLABORATION
We co-create solutions that stick.
TECHNOLOGY
Use AI to amplify human potential.
IMPACT
We create meaningful change that lasts.
Innovation Strategy
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The goal isn't to replace humans with technology. The goal is to amplify humanity with technology.
Human Impact Mapping
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We partner with organizations to ensure that technology adoption strengthens human capability, expands access, and aligns with meaningful, long-term outcomes by mapping out the human interaction/impact effects.