Gayle Conelly Manchin
Gayle Conelly Manchin | |
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| Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission | |
| Assumed office May 6, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Tim Thomas |
| West Virginia Secretary of Education and the Arts | |
| In office January 16, 2017 – March 12, 2018 | |
| Governor | Jim Justice |
| Preceded by | Kay Goodwin |
| Succeeded by | Clayton Burch (acting) |
| President of the West Virginia Board of Education | |
| In office July 2013 – 2014 | |
| First Lady of West Virginia | |
| In role January 17, 2005 – November 15, 2010 | |
| Governor | Joe Manchin |
| Preceded by | Sandra Wise |
| Succeeded by | Joanne Tomblin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gayle Conelly June 20, 1947 Beckley, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, including Heather Bresch |
| Education | West Virginia University (BA, MA) Salem International University (MS) |
Gayle Conelly Manchin (born June 20, 1947) is an American educator and government official who was the First Lady of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010 and is the current Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Manchin previously served as the president of the West Virginia Board of Education from 2013 to 2014 and West Virginia Secretary of Education and the Arts from 2017 until her termination in March 2018. She is the wife of former governor and current U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.[1][2]
Early life and education
Career
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She has also served as Director of the AmeriCorps Promise Fellow Program in West Virginia.[3] Additionally, Manchin worked for the Office of Secretary of Education and the Arts, where she established the West Virginia Partnerships to Assure Student Success initiative (WV PASS).[4] Manchin held the position of First Lady of West Virginia from 2005 until 2010 during her husband's term as the state's governor. During her tenure as First Lady, Manchin simultaneously served as the chairperson of the West Virginia Citizen’s Council on Children and Families and Governor’s Healthy Lifestyles Coalition, co-chair of the Governor’s 21st Century Jobs Cabinet and the Intellectual Infrastructure of Vision Shared, and a member of the West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service.[3][4] In 2016, Manchin was the subject of some controversy when USA Today, a national newspaper, published an article noting that Manchin, upon becoming Board of Education president in 2012, spearheaded a campaign for states to require schools to purchase EpiPens and other medical supplies.[5] Eleven states created laws to require schools to stock EpiPens, made by Mylan pharmaceuticals, leading to a "near monopoly" of Mylan's epinephrine autoinjector in the school health sector.[5] The article noted the potential for a conflict of interest, as Mylan's CEO, Heather Bresch, is Manchin's daughter.
West Virginia Secretary of Education and the Arts
Incoming Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice appointed Manchin to his cabinet as the state's Secretary of Education and the Arts on January 13, 2017. Manchin succeeded outgoing Secretary of Education Kay Goodwin, who was retiring from the office.[4] The Secretary for Education and the Arts oversees a collection of six state agencies, including West Virginia Public Broadcasting, the West Virginia Library Commission, the Division of Culture and History, Volunteer West Virginia, the state Center for Professional Development, and the Division of Rehabilitation Services.
USCIRF
Personal life
In 1967, Gayle Conelly married Joe Manchin, with whom she had three children, Heather, Joseph IV, and Brooke, and settled in Fairmont, West Virginia.
See also
References
- ↑ Office of the Governor of West Virginia. "Justice Appoints Gayle Manchin To Be Secretary For The Department of Education And The Arts". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ↑ "President Biden Announces his Intent to Nominate Key Members for the Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Appalachian Regional Commission". The White House. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
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- Living people
- 1947 births
- State cabinet secretaries of West Virginia
- First ladies and gentlemen of West Virginia
- Educators from West Virginia
- American women educators
- Women in West Virginia politics
- West Virginia Democrats
- Fairmont State University faculty
- Manchin family
- West Virginia University alumni
- Salem International University alumni
- Woodrow Wilson High School (Beckley, West Virginia) alumni
- Politicians from Beckley, West Virginia
- Politicians from Fairmont, West Virginia
- 21st-century West Virginia politicians
- Members of the West Virginia Board of Education