September 2, 2026

Elizabeth McClanahan Named to Virginia Business’ 2026 Virginia 500

A Buchanan County native, McClanahan has led the Virginia Tech Foundation since 2021. She was previously a Virginia Supreme Court justice, as well as president and dean of the Appalachian School of Law. McClanahan also serves as an adjunct professor of finance at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business.

For more than 75 years, the Virginia Tech Foundation has managed the university’s endowment and real estate holdings, with more than $3.1 billion in assets. The foundation also owns the for-profit Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, for which McClanahan serves as president. In 2025, Virginia Tech and the foundation began exploring a sale of The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, a landmark property owned by the foundation.

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.

She is a member of Tech’s Center for Economic and Community Engagement Advisory Board, as well as boards for the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine and Carilion Clinic.

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