Jeff Hittner

I’m a leadership expert, executive coach, and founder of Ambitious Dads - a growing movement for fathers who want to lead with as much clarity and purpose at home as they do at work.

About ten years ago, I discovered I couldn’t become a biological father, something I had dreamed about my entire life. It was devastating. But that moment became the beginning of something far deeper: the disassembly of my old definition of fatherhood.

Fast forward to today, I’m the proud dad of two incredible boys who are the lights of my life. That journey taught me this: when we’re willing to let go of the stories we’ve clung to the longest, we create space to imagine something better, something truer.

I previously founded IBM’s global Corporate Social Responsibility consulting practice, and developed the curriculum for the Bard MBA in Sustainability where I was the leadership professor. Over the past two decades, I’ve coached CEOs on six continents and built leadership programs for some of the most mission-driven companies in the world.

Now, I bring that experience to Ambitious Dads programs, helping dads lead with courage, presence, and a definition of success they actually want their kids to inherit.