Learning with Experience, LLC

Our Team of
Seasoned Practitioners

Every facilitator and coach on our team has deep roots in experiential learning — most are or have been regular contributors to foundational leadership courses at Stanford Business School and other leading institutions.

Jana Basili, MCC

Jana Basili, MCC

Founder & Program Director

An expert in Team Effectiveness, Business EQ, and Experiential Learning, Jana trains leaders to work together in more collaborative and innovative ways. One of approximately 2,000 professionals worldwide to hold the Master Coach Credential from the International Coach Federation, Jana has worked with executives and teams from early-stage startups, regional nonprofits, and global firms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, EY, Walmart, and Apple.

Prior to coaching, Jana was celebrated with #1 National status in a Fortune 150 sales and marketing role. She holds a Master Practitioner certification in Team Coaching, and for over 21 years has led more than 1,000 executives, graduate students, and facilitators-in-training through the renowned "Interpersonal Dynamics" leadership development course at Stanford Business School.

Jana has served as faculty or coach for Stanford Executive Education's "The Emerging CFO," "High Performance Leadership," and "Interpersonal Dynamics for High Performance Executives," as well as their Alumnae Women's Network Circles Program and Women's Leadership Summit. She has designed and led peer advisory circles for 100+ executive women through CHIEF.

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Additional Facilitators & Coaches

The People Behind
the Programs

Our extended team brings deep expertise across executive coaching, team dynamics, and experiential education — most are or have been regular contributors to foundational leadership courses at Stanford Business School and other leading institutions.

These are some of the facilitators and coaches who join Jana to co-deliver larger programs. We draw on a broad network to meet the needs of each client's engagement.

Steve Basili

Steve Basili, MBA

20+ years transforming Fortune 100 businesses. Former Managing Director at Ernst & Young where he built EY's Innovation Realized practice. Mentored by futurist Peter Schwartz, Steve specializes in strategy development, scenario planning, and large scale business transformation.

A two-time Grammy-award winner with a Stanford MBA, Steve brings a blend of creativity and analytical rigor to the organizational dimensions of leadership development — he is particularly skilled at helping organizations see around corners and build the alignment needed to move in new directions.

Alicia Jabbar, PCC

Alicia Jabbar, PCC

Alicia Jabbar, PCC, CPCC is an executive leadership coach who has coached more than 2,000 hours since 2015. She coaches individuals who sit on the outside of what is known, valued, or understood in the places they live and work — through their work together, clients uncover how to increase their leadership capacity by including all of who they are. She is on a mission to bolster gender equity in leadership. She co-founded and ran a women's leadership organization for five years and has designed and delivered leadership programs to 25+ companies. Alicia also facilitates the Interpersonal Dynamics course ("Touchy Feely") offered at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to coaching, Alicia built a career at a high-growth data technology company leading product management and partnerships for clients including Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Twitter, Yahoo, and Amazon. She was part of the initial team at Datalogix that sold to Oracle in 2015 at a 33x return to investors.

Peter Gandolfo, MBA, MCC

Peter Gandolfo, MBA, MCC

Peter Gandolfo is an ICF Master Certified executive coach and facilitator who partners with individuals and teams to build awareness, strengthen effectiveness, and make progress on goals. He has worked with clients from Snap, City National Bank, Abercrombie & Fitch, and more. Peter's coaching career started with three years at the Drucker Institute, a social enterprise grounded in the management principles of Peter Drucker. Many of his engagements focus on identifying what's needed (and no longer needed) to reach future goals; developing communication skills, especially in giving and receiving feedback and navigating high-stakes conversations; and identifying competing beliefs that prevent clients from following through on changes they genuinely want. Peter held marketing roles for brands like AT&T, Ford Motor Company, Mattel, and Disney. He has an MBA from UCLA Anderson and a BA from The University of Notre Dame. He has been published in People Matters, MyTech Decisions, Management Today, Training, and Fatherly.

Amy Krymkowski, PCC

Amy Krymkowski, PCC

Amy Krymkowski is an executive and leadership coach specializing in career transition and leadership development. Amy is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and holds an Integral Coach® certification from New Ventures West. She also holds a Master's degree in Human Resources & Labor Relations and certifications in Group Coaching and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace. With extensive experience in the outplacement industry, Amy has helped hundreds of executives and professionals navigate change and role transitions with confidence. Her coaching focuses on fostering leadership skills such as executive presence, strategic thinking, and relationship building. Notable engagements include working with executive women at CHIEF as a Core Guide, serving as a key facilitator at Veolia North America's first Women in Tech 2-day Summit, and facilitating virtual workshops on career development for organizations such as Netflix and the San Francisco Paralegal Association.

Briana Evans

Briana Evans

A facilitator for Stanford Business School's Women in Management and Interpersonal Dynamics programs. Briana also works with public sector teams — health systems, city governments, and prosecutor's offices — on strategy and leadership. She brings a distinctive lens on power, equity, and organizational change to everything she facilitates, and her ability to hold complexity across very different kinds of organizations makes her a particularly versatile member of our team.

Henry Most

Henry Most

A Lecturer in Management at Stanford Business School, where he teaches Leadership Labs and Interpersonal Dynamics. Henry has facilitated T-groups for over 10 years at Stanford GSB, Haas, USF Law, and other institutions. A trained psychotherapist, he brings a depth of clinical insight to his work with leaders and teams that is rare in the coaching world — his work is grounded equally in psychological theory and in the lived reality of what happens when people try to lead, collaborate, and change.

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