Gayle Manchin Appointed To USCIRF

Last week, the U.S.Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a press release announcing the recent appointment of Gayle Conelly Manchin as a member of the Commission.  She was appointed on April 19 by Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer.  Manchin, who is the wife of West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, has previously served as a member of the West Virginia State Board of Education and director of AmeriCorps Promise Fellows in West Virginia.  She was West Virginia's First Lady from 2005- 2010.