23WIP Workshop Host
Jo Ilfeld
CEO
Incite to Leadership

Jo is an Executive Leadership Coach, Forbes.com author, and CEO and founder of Incite To Leadership, a premier Bay Area leadership coaching and consulting company.
Incite To Leadership has worked with well-known brands and companies throughout the Bay Area and the world including eBay, The SF Giants, Genentech, Blue Shield of California, and Gilead, as well as high-growth startups and non-profits.
Jo’s journey started as a small business entrepreneur, growing her first business into a million-dollar company. Inspired by her own leadership journey, she now uses her experience to help other company leaders align their executive teams for outsize results.
Her advice to companies has been featured in Forbes.com, Inc.com as well as the SF Business Times. Jo has spoken on numerous stages about how to apply the science of leadership in real life including the Women in Engineering Leadership Conference, Professional Business Women of California (PBWC), and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. She is a graduate of Yale College and holds a Ph.D. in Business from UC Berkeley.