Renaye Manley

Renaye Manley has held staff positions in national unions for over twenty years.  She currently serves as Deputy Director of the Service Employees International strategic initiatives dept.  In this position, she works with pension trustees, investment professionals and union leaders around the engagement of multi-billion dollar union and public pensions. She previously served on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s advisory board on Small Business, Agriculture and Labor.  She recently was elected to the board of the Council of Institutional Investors. Prior to her job at SEIU, Renaye worked for Interfaith Worker Justice, a community /labor collaboration, coordinating work with national unions and denominations on issues of workplace justice. She is a graduate of Indiana University and has a MBA from Western Governors University.
Renaye is an East Chicago native. She graduated from Roosevelt High School where she was actively involved in the school newspaper.  She proudly hails her family from the “New Addition” and “Harbor” sections of East Chicago.