U.S. Department of the Treasury
Biographical Sketch: Tonya B. Manning, FSA, MAAA, FCA, EA is a retirement actuary for the Internal Revenue Service working in Employee Plans and Ruling Agreements. She is involved in a number of activities including reviewing ruling requests, participating in regulation projects, and assisting practitioners and IRS personnel with technical questions. Prior to her position with the Service, she worked for an international benefits consulting firm as a senior consultant and chief actuary. Ms. Manning has over 20 years of experience in the areas of plan design, governance, compliance, pension risk management, and assisting other actuaries with quality assurance and compliance with actuarial professional standards.
Ms. Manning is active in several professional organizations. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Society of Actuaries, currently serving as President. Prior to that, she was chair of the Society’s Pension Section Council. She is currently a member of the Pension Practice Council and the Volunteer Resource Committee for the American Academy of Actuaries, and is chair of the Academy’s Pension Communications Task Force and co-chair of their Joint Life Income Risk Task Force. She also is a member of the planning committee for the Enrolled Actuaries Meeting. A frequent speaker, Ms. Manning has made many presentations regarding pension law at conferences and seminars to both peers and plan sponsors.
Ms. Manning is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, an Enrolled Actuary under ERISA, and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.