Aliya S. Robinson

Washington, DC

Aliya Robinson is Managing Legal Counsel, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs for T. Rowe Price. In this role, she leads the Legislative and Regulatory Affairs team’s work on all retirement-related public policy issues, which includes highlighting emerging retirement and compensation issues, coordinating the company’s policy position, and engaging with industry associations, policymakers, and thought leaders.

Aliya has more than 20 years of experience. She previously served as Senior Vice President of Retirement and Compensation Policy at The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) where she led ERIC’s efforts to develop and advocate for retirement and compensation public policies priorities for ERIC member companies at the federal, state, and local levels. Prior to that, she served as the Executive Director of Retirement Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce where she was responsible for developing, promoting, and publicizing the Chamber’s policy on employer-provided retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation, and Social Security.

In these roles, Aliya successfully advocated for several pieces of retirement legislation, most notably the SECURE Act of 2019, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and the Multiemployer Reform Act of 2014. In addition, she has testified on retirement and compensation issues before Congress, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Treasury.

Prior to joining the Chamber, Aliya practiced employee benefits law advising clients on issues relating to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code for retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and fringe benefit plans. Additionally, she worked on multiemployer pension plan compliance under ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, and various areas of corporate tax, including corporate restructuring, implementation of cafeteria plans, and compliance with tax reporting obligations.

Aliya is a fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and is a member of the Tax Coalition and the ERISA Roundtable. She previously served as the Qualified Plans Subcommittee Co-chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the ABA Labor and Employment Section of the American Bar Association and is a contributing editor to the American Bar Association Treatise on Employee Benefits Law. Aliya is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where she also received a Master of Laws in Taxation. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and African studies from Yale University.

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