Ingrid Halvorsen (she/her)

MBA Candidate '27 at Chicago Booth | Admissions Fellow | Logistics operations turned infrastructure investing Chicago, Illinois, United States · 500+ connections

About

I'm a second-year Full-Time MBA student at Chicago Booth. Before Booth I spent six years in freight and port logistics, where I learned that most "strategy" questions come down to who owns the bottleneck. As an Admissions Fellow I interview applicants, mostly on Zoom. I care more about how you think through a decision than whether it worked out. After graduation I'm joining an infrastructure investment team in Chicago. Ask me about Hyde Park coffee, the Random Walk trip to Patagonia, or why everyone should take Managerial Decision Making.

Experience

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business - Admissions Fellow, Part-time, Aug 2026 - present, Chicago, IL. I conduct evaluative interviews with Full-Time MBA applicants and host prospective-student coffee chats. - Co-Chair, Booth Energy Club, Apr 2026 - present. I organize the club's Midwest energy trek and a speaker series on grid and storage financing.

Larkspur Ridge Infrastructure Partners (mid-market infrastructure fund) - Summer Associate, Internship, Jun 2026 - Aug 2026, Chicago, IL. I underwrote a cold-storage logistics platform and a portfolio of distributed solar projects. I am returning full-time in July 2027.

Nordlys Freight Analytics (freight-visibility software, about 300 employees) - Senior Manager, Customer Operations, Mar 2022 - Jul 2025, Seattle, WA. I led a 12-person team onboarding port and rail customers and cut implementation time from 14 weeks to 8. - Operations Analyst, Jun 2019 - Feb 2022. I built the first dashboards on container dwell time for West Coast terminals.

Cobalt Mill Advisors (operations consulting) - Analyst, Jul 2017 - May 2019, Portland, OR. I modeled warehouse and fleet costs for regional distributors.

Education

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business: Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2025 - 2027. Concentrations in Finance, Operations Management, and Economics. Activities: Energy Club, Private Equity Club, Random Walk (Patagonia), Booth hockey.

University of Washington: BA, Economics; minor in Scandinavian Studies, 2013 - 2017.

Volunteering

Puget Sound Youth Rowing (fictional): Volunteer coxswain coach, 2018 - 2025.

Interests

Cross-country skiing, rowing, Norwegian baking, Chicago architecture boat tours, and mystery novels.