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Conway Blankenship

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While Conway was born in Germany, she has always lived in Virginia.  She graduated from Longwood College with a BS in Elementary Education and later earned an endorsement in Gifted Education. She was initiated into Virginia Delta in August 1984. She held several chapter leadership positions while teaching elementary and middle school in Chesterfield County.  In 2001, she began working in Powhatan County Public Schools as the Gifted Resource teacher at Powhatan High School.  When Conway and her husband, Ronnie, built a home and moved to Powhatan, she and her Alpha Delta Kappa sponsor worked to charter a new chapter, Virginia Gamma Kappa.


 


Conway eventually served at the state level as district president,Vice President Membership Consultant, President-Elect and was Virginia President from 2014- 2016.  She served as Southeast Region Membership Consultant in  2017-2019  and then  from 2019 - 2021 International Vice President, Southeast Region. In 2023, she was elected International President-Elect.


 


Conway and Ronnie have two sons, Jay and Heath.  They have had Scottish terriers throughout their marriage; currently Logan and Kelsey keep them entertained.