Gayle Conelly Manchin (born June 20, 1947) is an American educator, politician, and former First Lady of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010. She is the wife of former Governor and current U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.In 2007, Manchin was appointed to an eight-year term on the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) from 2007 to 2015, which included a two-year stint as the President of the West Virginia Board of Education from 2013 to 2014.On January 13, 2017, Jim Justice, the then-Governor-elect of West Virginia, appointed Manchin to his cabinet as the state Secretary of Education and the Arts. The Secretary for Education and Arts is responsible for the oversight of six West Virginian state government agencies, including West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB). Wikipedia