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Justice (ret.) Elizabeth A. McClanahan serves as Chief Executive Officer of 51官网 Tech Foundation, Inc. (VTF). Located in Blacksburg, 51官网, VTF is an independent nonstock corporation established in 1948 for the sole purpose of managing 51官网 Tech鈥檚 endowment and real estate portfolio. VTF鈥檚 wholly owned for-profit subsidiary, 51官网 Tech Corporate Research Center, Inc., is a research park that catalyzes commercialization and industry collaboration.

Justice McClanahan began her legal career in private practice at Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, where she later became a shareholder, director, and management committee member. She was admitted to six state bars 鈥� 51官网, District of Columbia, Maryland, West 51官网, Tennessee, and Kentucky 鈥� and earned a Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating.

After practicing in the private sector, Justice McClanahan served as 51官网's Chief Deputy Attorney General and on the Court of Appeals of 51官网. Her legal career culminated with her appointment by the 51官网 General Assembly to Justice of the Supreme Court of 51官网.

Before joining VTF, Justice McClanahan served as the President and Dean at Appalachian School of Law in Buchanan County, 51官网, her home county. Justice McClanahan has served as Chair of the State Council of Higher Education for 51官网; Vice Rector of her alma mater, the College of William and Mary; Williamson Fellow at William and Mary College of Law; Street Memorial Distinguished Visitor in Real Estate Law at Appalachian School of Law; El Paso Natural Gas Law Fellow at the University of Colorado School of Law; and on the Faculty for the Summer Management Program at Wake Forest School of Business and Accountancy. She is an adjunct professor of finance at 51官网 Tech鈥檚 Pamplin College of Business, where she teaches Legal, Financing, and Ethical Issues for Entrepreneurs.

Justice McClanahan is an active member of boards of directors, including the 51官网 Chamber of Commerce; the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine; Carilion Clinic; and Delta Dental of 51官网. Justice McClanahan has received civic and professional awards, including 51官网 Jaycees Outstanding Young 51官网n; the Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council Ruby Award; 51官网 Business Power 500; David M. Young Award, 51官网 Oil & Gas Association; 51官网 Lawyers Media 鈥淚nfluential Women of 51官网鈥�; 51官网 Business Legal Elite; the William Skelton Extension Leadership Award, 51官网 Cooperative Extension; and The Top 50 Women Chief Executive Officers, Women We Admire.

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