Welcome from the First Lady

As the First Lady of West Virginia, it is my pleasure to welcome you to my homepage and I thank you for visiting. Serving my fellow West Virginians is an opportunity that I embrace with great enthusiasm for our great state and its wonderful people. I will always do my best to represent our beautiful state and all she has to offer.

As a working mother, wife and now First Lady, I have a vested interest in our state’s future. One of my top priorities is to preserve the people’s house, the Governor’s Mansion. Not only to maintain its grand and illustrious past, but to ensure that future generations of West Virginians can enjoy this beautiful home.

As the First Lady, I will always support my husband in his initiatives and endeavors to put West Virginia first. Among our shared goals, is to improve education at every level—from kindergarten to post-secondary education. I will champion each and every effort to make sure our children have the best education possible.

As with any great undertaking, when we work together we can succeed.

I certainly hope you will join Earl Ray and me as we seek to lead our great state into a prosperous future.

About the First Lady

Joanne Jaeger Tomblin, born in New York City, New York, educated in the Long Island public school system, went on to attend the University of Hartford, Connecticut. Majoring in science for two years she then chose an elective course in communications that would change the course of her life. Read More >

Serve West Virginia Military

This Month's Mission - Serve a Meal to a Veteran West Virginians have always felt a sense of pride and duty to their state and country, and we have always found strength in our military men and women. Read More >

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