George Manning grew up in Raleigh, graduated from The University of North Carolina in 1970 and Columbia Law School in 1973. Mr. Manning practiced law in New York at Chadbourne Parke and in 1978, he became an Assistant United States Attorney in New York. In 1982, he became a Chadbourne Parke partner and head of the Washington office. In 1985, Mr. Manning joined Jones Day, as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. He became the partner-in-charge of their Atlanta and Dallas offices, and the Texas region. Mr. Manning retired from Jones Day in 2014. Throughout his career, he was an active trial lawyer, as a prosecutor, plaintiff, and defense lawyer. He handled a wide range of investigations and litigated matters. He advised public and private Boards of Directors in the US and abroad on specific issues as well as corporate governance. Throughout his career he was a member of a wide variety of not-for-profit boards of directors.