Who Is Joe Manchin Wife Gayle Conelly Manchin? Married Life Of U.S. Senator Of West Virginia

Joe Manchin is married to Gayle Conelly Manchin, an educator and former West Virginia official. She served as the First Lady of West Virginia from 2005 until 2010.  

On May 6, 2021, Conelly was sworn in as the thirteenth federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, making history as the first co-chair from West Virginia. President Biden nominated her and collaborates closely with a network of local development districts, the 13 member governors of ARC, their state alternates, and program managers.

Manchin formerly held the positions of 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 resignation in March 2018. She was a teacher in the Marion County Public School District and served on the faculty of Fairmont State University, where she founded the university's first Community Service Learning Program.

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She attended West Virginia University, oversaw AmeriCorps Promise Fellows in West Virginia, and launched a statewide effort called W.V. Partnerships to Assure Student Success between 2000 and 2004. Manchin was elected to the West Virginia Board of Education in 2007 and served on the board until 2015.

Gayle served a two-year term as the West Virginia Board of Education's president on July 10, 2013. Additionally, Manchin served on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on April 19, 2018. She served as the board chair for Reconnecting McDowell, Inc., a rural West Virginia AFT initiative. 

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Joe married Gayle on 1967, and they have been together for nearly fifty-five years. Their married life is blissful as they support each other career-wise and in the family.

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The pair initially met while attending West Virginia University during 1965-66. They fell in love while on campus and married immediately after a few years of dating while attending the university. 

Their marriage is well intact, and they love each other more than ever. There are no rumors or speculations surrounding them regarding divorce or affairs. 

The couple has had three children together and resides in Fairmont, Virginia. The Manchin's children include Heather, Brooke, and Joseph IV.

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Heather Bresch is fifty-two years old and became an American corporate executive and is today the CEO of the Dutch pharmaceutical company. Furthermore, she is the first woman to run a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company. On the other hand, Brooke and Joseph IV have remained out of the spotlight.

Joe Manchin has a net worth of $8 million with a salary of $700 thousand per year. According to Celebrity Net Worth, he takes home a base salary of $174,000 per year from his government service, but his other ventures make his yearly salary $700,000 per year.

Manchin and his wife own a house on the Kanawha River that they bought in January 2021 for $765,000. When visiting Washington, D.C., the couple stays on a houseboat. That house is $250,000 in value.