About Us
We foster healthy, effective leaders, workplaces, and teams through facilitation, coaching, and visual strategy
Inside our signature philosophy
Big-picture strategy + momentum-building action
At Lane Change Consulting, we know that magic happens when leaders and teams are aligned, engaged, and connected. But we also know that the path from where you are to what’s possible can feel murky—and that’s where we come in.
What’s the shared vision? What do you want to make happen? And what do you need to create to get there?
These are the kinds of questions we get into together, but we don’t stop at the big picture. Part strategist, part coach, part facilitator, we’re with you for the “roll up your sleeves” work too, generating real momentum that turns your aspirations into action.
We believe that the best solutions emerge when everyone has a voice, so we're pros at creating the kind of creative, collaborative environment where authentic connection leads to concrete change. By co-creating a culture of openness and healthy productivity, we’re here to help you unlock the full potential of your people and your organization.
Meet Nevada Lane, Founder and Principal Consultant
FACILITATOR | COACH | TRAINER
Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation
Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco School of Management
LinkedIn Learning Instructor
M.S. in Organization Development
Additional Training & Certifications:
Certified Team Performance Coach (CTPC)
Team Diagnostic™ certification (Team Coaching International)
ORSC team coaching
Drexler-Sibbet Team Performance Model™ certification
Positive Intelligence Coaching (PQ)
Certified Virtual Facilitator (INIFAC)
Certified Enneagram Practitioner (iEQ9)
Certified Enneagram for Teams Practitioner (Integrative Enneagram)
Enneagram Professional Mastery Certification (CP Enneagram)
Somatic Enneagram
Certified Scrum Master
Certified Scrum Product Owner
CTI leadership program graduate
Grove Strategic Visioning
Nevada believes that great leaders, teams, and workplaces thrive on authenticity, creativity, a learning mindset, and courageous conversations. For 20+ years, she’s woven together her expertise in facilitation, coaching, and visual thinking to create environments where people can show up fully, learn and grow together, and make a real impact.
Nevada’s expertise is grounded in bridging both being and doing, reflection and action. She grew up at the San Francisco Zen Center and attended the San Francisco Waldorf school, where she developed a love for art (and beeswax). After graduating from UC Berkeley, she worked throughout the U.S., England, and Germany before completing her M.S. in Organization Development. Following positions at Genentech and Lorensbergs, Sweden’s leading facilitation and training firm, she launched Lane Change Consulting in 2010 to work with clients from Fortune 500 companies to small consulting firms.
For Nevada, the integration of both the practical and the profound into work isn’t just a nice-to-have—it's a necessity for creating truly transformative change. She helps people connect with their authentic selves, while also accessing the tools and frameworks they need to translate insight into action. Whether she’s coaching a creative leader or guiding a team to transform their culture, her mission is to leave people feeling more alive, more connected, and more prepared to make a purposeful difference in the world.
Beyond work, Nevada is a dedicated student and practitioner of the Enneagram (she’s a type 3), a committed CrossFit athlete, and the mother of two fabulous young adults. She lives in San Francisco with her husband of 20 years.
We’re all about good teams—here’s ours.
Lane Change includes a talented team of graphic recorders and visual facilitators who blend deep listening skills with solid artistic chops to help you design and deliver meetings that make a difference.
Dani Cirignano
Dani has over fifteen years experience managing small businesses all over the Bay Area. A graduate of the University of San Francisco’s MFA in Writing Program, she enjoys the creative and strategic variety that comes with supporting the Lane Change team and mission. When she’s not working, writing, or lifting weights, you can find her walking her dog, Tater around San Francisco, typically with a coffee shop as destination.
Alece Birnbach
Alece is an experienced fine artist, illustrator, and graphic recorder. Alece has created live maps of keynotes, concurrent sessions and panel discussions, board retreats, and vision and planning meetings. In addition to being an expert graphic recorder, she is a highly skilled digital illustrator and creates beautiful infographics and animated videos that bring clarity to a wide range of concepts.
Andrea Pescosolido
After moving to California from Italy to pursue an art education, he graduated from the California College of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration. Since then, Andrea has helped numerous clients to visually communicate their big ideas. He believes that graphic recording is one of the most effective tools to transform concepts and conversations into a more digestible form. When Andrea is not making art, he is contemplating the ocean, surfing, drinking espresso, and traveling the world.
Taryl Hansen
With over 30 years experience in education, Taryl has made it her life’s work to teach in ways that people learn best. She is passionate about providing innovative and unique ways for learners to work together in highly effective, collaborative, and satisfying ways. She holds a doctorate in Teacher Leadership and Innovation, giving her a unique perspective as a listener and collaborator. Taryl works across the globe to bring ideas and conversations to life through live and virtual graphic recording and strategy illustrations.
Nitya Wakhlu
Nitya Wakhlu is a visual facilitator and graphic recorder with more than 10 years of experience. She is best known for her expertise in designing collaborative group processes with the ability to synthesize and visualize conversations in real-time. Nitya has a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering and an MBA focused on Human Resources and Industrial Relations. Nitya’s previous work experience includes her role at GE, where she worked as an Area Sales Manager in Consumer Finance - followed by her work as an L&D consultant with Pragati Leadership Institute, India. Nitya is passionate about learning about the brain, studying behavior change, improv theater and drinking (good) wine. She is based in beautiful Portland, Oregon.
Trent Wakenight
Trent is a strategic planning, change management, team development, design thinking, and strategic communication specialist, and an IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator with more than 25 years’ experience leading and supporting complex, multi-domain strategic planning, IT, engineering, workforce development, and strategic communication projects. Called upon as an innovator for high-performing teams, Trent partners with clients in deep trust, and high result and high expectation relationships to develop vision, strategic planning, team performance, and communications deliverables. Clients call his workshops “sticky notes on steroids” and gave him the nickname “Marker Ninja.”