Anna Blanding

Anna Blanding is chief investment officer (CIO) at ConnCORP, a Connecticut-based impact enterprise whose mission is to drive transformational economic development through strategic investment in commercial and residential real estate and scalable businesses. Blanding co-leads the company’s signature $225 million mixed-use sustainable real estate development located in an historic African American community near Yale University and heads ConnCORP’s Economic Justice Fund, which invests in women and BIPOC-led companies.

Prior to ConnCORP, Blanding was deputy CIO at Choate Rosemary Hall where she oversaw a $350 million endowment and deployed capital across all private and public asset classes. Her previous experience also includes serving as an investment officer at The Annie E. Casey Foundation, a $4.2 billion endowment.

Blanding serves as a trustee and investment committee member of Yale University Dwight Hall and the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund. She is a delegate to Yale’s Alumni Association Assembly. She is an advisor to New Majority Capital and on the board of directors for Capital for Change and the Angelman Syndrome Foundation. Blanding is a national advocate for children with rare neurological diseases and the increased need for inclusive clinical trials and neuroinflammation research.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degrees in business administration from Yale University and Yale School of Management, respectively.

Blanding joined the Kresge Board of Trustees in 2024.