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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.
Anna Koelsch
Director, Ingeborg Initiatives
Anna Koelsch is a leader in strategy, operations and social impact. She drives grantmaking, advocacy and public awareness efforts advancing maternal health and women’s financial security in the state of Arkansas.
Anna’s work is grounded in a decade of private-sector and public-sector experience. Prior to Ingeborg Initiatives, she served as Vice President of Market Operations at Hopscotch Primary Care, where she was the general manager for the company’s first market, overseeing 10 clinics, 150+ employees and P&L responsibility. Before that, she was a senior policy advisor at Google, where she led product policy for Health Connect, Fitbit and Google Fit.
Earlier in her career, Anna worked as a strategy consultant at EY-Parthenon and as an analyst for the City of Minneapolis. Across sectors, her work has centered on aligning incentives, designing scalable systems and translating policy and values into reality.
Anna holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, where she was a Flare Capital Scholar, a City of Chicago Mayoral Fellow, Co-Chair of the Business of Healthcare Conference, and recipient of the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award. She earned her undergraduate degree in public policy from Duke University, where she was an Alice M. Baldwin Scholar. She is a board member for the Arkansas Center for Women and Infants’ Health and an associate board member for Chicago Debates, and she is a graduate of Leadership Benton County.
Jessica Brown
Program and Operations Manager, Ingeborg Initiatives
Jessica Brown is the Program and Operations Manager at Ingeborg Initiatives.
Prior to joining Ingeborg, Jessica served as Senior Program Support Associate for the Home Region Program at the Walton Family Foundation, where she supported program staff in grantmaking operations and coordination, helping ensure the foundation’s investments were implemented efficiently and effectively. Before her time at the foundation, Jessica was Grants Manager at the Boys & Girls Club of Benton County, where she stewarded relationships with donors and community partners.
Earlier in her career, Jessica served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine, working as a secondary education English teacher and community development facilitator.
Jessica holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with a minor in Leadership and Organizational Development and earned her Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) certification in December 2020. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she lives in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, with her husband and two daughters.
Cara Osborne
Advisor, Ingeborg Initiatives
Cara Osborne, MSN, CNM, ScD, is an advisor to Ingeborg Initiatives focusing on maternal health.
Cara is a nurse midwife who holds a Masters in Nursing from Vanderbilt and a Masters and Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. She spent her early career as a clinician, nursing professor and perinatal epidemiology researcher.
Cara owned and operated her own health services business, which she sold in 2013 to the partners fund at Fortress Investment Group. She served as professor of practice in Entrepreneurship at the University of Arkansas Sam M Walton College of Business, starting businesses and advising start-ups.
She is a technical advisor to Diana Health, a venture-backed comprehensive maternity care solution based in New York, founder of Blaize and Brooks Bourbon, Managing Partner at Native Spirit Holdings and a senior fellow for health and wellness at Heartland Forward.
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.
Glennis Sereno
Vice President of Operations, Ingeborg
Glennis manages the executive operations of the Ingeborg team. She plans, directs and implements operational strategies across the organization’s business and philanthropic initiatives.
Glennis has over ten years of experience in the private family office and finance industries. She was the Family Services Manager at Walton Enterprises, a family-led, private family office supporting the personal, philanthropic and business activity for multiple generations of Sam and Helen Walton’s family. Prior to joining Walton Enterprises, Glennis supported the operational efforts at Black Creek Group’s Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund and the marketing initiatives at Perella Weinberg Partners’ Agility Outsourced CIO platform.
Glennis earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Glennis lives in Denver, Colorado.
We believe empowered mothers create stronger, healthier families and communities.
Ingeborg Initiatives was founded by Olivia Walton and is dedicated to empowering mothers in the state of Arkansas by improving maternal health, advancing women’s economic opportunity and expanding access to quality care and early learning opportunities for children.
Mothers are the backbone of both families and communities. Their significance goes beyond personal livelihoods; maternal health is a vital barometer for the overall health of society.
The U.S. is experiencing a maternal health crisis and Arkansas has the worst outcomes for moms — a story that deserves attention. Prioritizing maternal well-being, ensuring that moms are okay, translates to uplifting entire families.
I’m always struck by how pro-family Arkansas is. It’s where we’ve chosen to raise our three children and it’s the place that I now call home. I’ve met incredible people doing amazing work since moving here and I’m excited and hopeful for the future that we can build together for women in Arkansas.
Olivia Walton, Founder & CEO
“Ingeborg” is the namesake of Olivia’s maternal grandmother. The name and its personal significance embody our mission to empower mothers in Arkansas.
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