Ingeborg Investments Team

Olivia Walton

Founder & CEO, Ingeborg

Olivia Walton is an advocate for the arts, women’s economic empowerment and maternal health in America’s Heartland.

She serves as Chairperson of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art , sits on the Council of the Momentary and leads the vision for OZ Art NWA, which activates art in public spaces across Northwest Arkansas.

Olivia is the founder and CEO of Ingeborg Investments and Ingeborg Initiatives, and a co-founder of the Heartland Summit — each reflecting her commitment to advancing economic opportunity and social progress across the region. Through her personal philanthropy, she works to elevate the arts, improve maternal health outcomes in Arkansas and support policies that strengthen families and expand economic security for women.

Her passion for storytelling and big ideas is rooted in her early career as a journalist. She served as a Business Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC and anchored for Bloomberg Television in New York and London.

Olivia holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics, and is a Henry Crown Fellow, Class of 2025.

She lives in Bentonville, Arkansas, with her husband, Tom, and their three children.

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Anna Mason

Managing Partner, Ingeborg Investments

Anna is the managing partner at Ingeborg Investments and leads the day-to-day activity of the investing platform, including deal sourcing, portfolio management, investment recommendations and industry relationship management.

Prior to joining Ingeborg, Anna was a managing partner at Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. While there, Anna helped lead the transformation of Rise of the Rest from a startup-community bus tour initiative to a fund with $300M in AUM and nearly 200 early-stage investments across 75+ cities.

Anna’s passion for innovation and entrepreneurship comes from more than eighteen years of experience in finance, startup operations and venture community programming. Anna was named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 in 2020, Business Insider’s list of 100 People Transforming Business in 2019 and a Washingtonian Tech Titan in 2017 and 2018. Anna is also a 2022 Presidential Leadership Fellow. Anna earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard College and her master’s degree from the NYU Stern School of Business. Anna lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband John, and their two daughters.

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Christine Franco

President, Ingeborg

Christine oversees the Ingeborg team and is responsible for Ingeborg’s strategic direction and growth in concert with Ingeborg’s founder, Olivia Walton. Ingeborg consists of both Ingeborg Investments and Ingeborg Initiatives.

Christine draws from over 25 years of family office experience leading the Hall Family Office and the Duchossois Family Office. Prior to entering the family office industry, Christine worked at Ernst & Young in Chicago, where she spent time in its Moscow, Russia office.

Christine earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and her graduate degree from DePaul University. Christine lives in Bentonville, Arkansas with her husband, Carlos. They have three grown daughters.

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Mira Kaufman

Investment Vice President, Ingeborg Investments

Mira joined Ingeborg after beginning her venture career at Insight Partners, where she led the firm’s women’s health thesis development. In addition to this market focus, Mira evaluated deals across stages and deployed north of $100M in capital.

From her non-traditional start in campaign politics, working for a first time female candidate, to breaking into the venture world, Mira’s career has been shaped by her determination to improve outcomes for women.

She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, focusing on community service, social justice and entrepreneurship. Mira lives in New York City, where she’s an avid farmers market goer and can be found volunteering at Elizabeth Street Garden in her free time.

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Leila Roberts

Director of Communications and External Affairs, Ingeborg

Leila is Director of Communications and External Affairs at Ingeborg, where she leads communications across Olivia Walton's portfolio, including Ingeborg Investments, Ingeborg Initiatives, Heartland Forward, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Prior to Ingeborg, Leila served as Director of Communications at Vital Voices, an organization founded by Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright, where she led global communications, media and marketing. Before that, she led communications and philanthropy at COPPER, a diversified talent and celebrity investment and advisory firm working across philanthropy, technology, sports, entertainment, media and fashion. She began her career at Ariel Investments, where she served as Assistant and Chief of Staff to Mellody Hobson, supporting executive priorities and firm-wide strategy.

Leila earned her Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her BA in Political Studies from Pitzer College. She lives in New York City and spends a lot of time in Bentonville.

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