Christine Manna

President and Chief Operating Officer

Christine Manna is president and chief operating officer. She is responsible for promoting and advancing ANA’s mission, vision and core values through strategic leadership and effective operational processes. In her role, she oversees the direction, strategy, planning and execution of ANA’s membership operations. This includes business development, sales, member engagement, quality and member satisfaction, and overall operational excellence. Her multi-department oversight role also includes ANA’s marketing training and development center, research and knowledge center, accounting and finance, office administration, human resources, and information technology. She is involved in various initiatives such as the industry’s talent challenge of attracting, retaining, skilling and upskilling talent, diversity and inclusion through ANA’s #SeeHer movement, and the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) contract negotiations.

Christine joined ANA as chief financial officer in 2003. Prior to joining ANA, she held a senior executive position at a Manhattan-based public accounting firm. During her 14-year tenure in public accounting, her client base consisted of financial services, manufacturing, entertainment, insurance, publishing, not for profit, advertising and real estate.

Christine is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Manhattan College. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Not-for-Profit Committee and the Society for Human Resource Management.