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CEO, VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION, BLACKSBURG
CEO, VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION, BLACKSBURG
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
A Buchanan County native, McClanahan has led the Virginia Tech Foundation since 2021. She was previously a state Supreme Court justice and president and dean of the Appalachian School of Law.
McClanahan, who fondly recalls attending 4-H Congress on the Virginia Tech campus as a teenager, also serves as a senior adviser to the dean of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business and is an adjunct professor of finance.
In 2024, the Virginia Tech Foundation marked its 75th anniversary managing the university’s endowment and real estate holdings, valued at $2.8 billion. The foundation also owns the for-profit Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center.
A Virginia Chamber of Commerce board member, she received her bachelor’s degree from William & Mary and a law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law. McClanahan was Virginia’s chief deputy attorney general before becoming a state appeals court judge.
INTERESTING PLACE I’VE TRAVELED: The Breaks of the Cumberlands, where the elk roam
WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT ME: I love to be at the barn with my donkey, Fiona, and my horses, Puddle Duck, Ranger and Dink.
