Casey Family Programs’ Board of Trustees welcomes new member

Casey Family Programs is pleased to announce the election of Anna Blanding to the Board of Trustees. Blanding’s experience spans finance, philanthropy, endowment management, federal and state policy, and community development. She is a recognized expert on impact investing and serves as a trustee on multiple philanthropic boards with expertise in investment committees, finance, audit and governance.

She is Chief Investment Officer at Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP), an impact investment organization with a focus on real estate and business development in New Haven, Connecticut.

Anna is a Trustee of The Kresge Foundation, and the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund. She also serves as a Trustee of Yale University’s Dwight Hall and as an Advisor to New Majority Capital. A former board member of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation, Anna is a national advocate for children with rare neurological diseases and their families.

“We are so pleased to welcome Anna Blanding to the Board of Trustees. She brings a wealth of impact investment experience and a commitment to children and families,” said Board Chair Walter H. Smith, Jr.

Blanding has a B.A. in history and a master’s degree in business administration from Yale University and Yale School of Management, respectively, and currently is a fellow of Yale College.

Blanding begins her role in April and will succeed Doug Patejunas, who is retiring later this year.