Ingrid is an Emeritus member of United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council, is a Managing Partner of Vanderveldt's Global Investments, founding organizer of the Global Leadership & Sustainable Success Forum, and co-founder of The Billionaire Girls Club. She also created and hosted CNBC's first original primetime series, "American Made," reaching over 1M viewers around the globe and is a Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network Member. She is a Global Ambassador and Advocate of Women & Diverse Leaders creating social and economic impact and job creation. She's the 2018 Recipient of the Global Empowerment Award by the Global Business and Interfaith Peace Awards in partnership with the UN.

 

Ingrid has been featured on outlets including NBC, CNBC, FOX, ABC, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg, CNN Money, Fortune Magazine, Fast Company, Inc Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine. In 2016 she was named one of Oprah's SuperSoul 100 Global Leaders. She was ranked #1 Super Connector by Fast Company, is the recipient of the Forbes and Northwestern Mutual Global "Entrepreneur in Excellence Award" and was just named the 100th Champion Celebration for the HearStrong Foundation, recipient of The Global Voice Award, World Women Foundation and The Girl Scouts "Women of Distinction" Award. She holds a Masters in Architecture at the Savannah College of Art & Design and an MBA in Entrepreneurship from the University of Texas - Austin.