🏆 2026 Alumni Awards | Distinguished Alumni Award Congratulations to Virginia Blanton ’13, recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award! Virginia is the Director of Operations at Anthropic, a leader in frontier artificial intelligence based in San Francisco, California. A 2013 graduate of Christopher Newport University, Virginia earned her Bachelor of Arts before continuing her education at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she earned her J.D. Today, Virginia serves as a senior executive at Anthropic, managing critical operations for one of the world’s most influential and rapidly expanding technology companies. Her career reflects exceptional leadership at the intersection of technology, business and innovation. Congratulations, Virginia, on this well-deserved recognition. Your extraordinary career achievements and leadership in the technology industry reflect the very best of the Christopher Newport alumni community. #cnualumni #captainsforlife #christophernewport #al...