Kay Ellen Ivey (born October 15, 1944) is an American politician who has served as Alabama’s 54th governor since 2017. She was the 38th Alabama State Treasurer from 2003 to 2011 and the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 2011 to 2017. She is a Republican.

Following the resignation of her predecessor, Robert J. Bentley, Kay Ivey became the second female governor and the first female Republican governor. In the 2018 gubernatorial election, she easily defeated challenger Walt Maddox to win a full term.

What is Kay Ivey’s net worth?

• Ivey lists several bank and investment accounts with income ranging from $1,000 to $50,000 as of 2020.
• She also includes a salary of $50,000 to $100,000 as Lt. Gov.
• She received a salary of $60,830.
• She earns $119,950 as governor.
• In 2016, Ivey received between $10,000 and $50,000 from hunting leases and $50,000 to $150,000 from Weyerhaeuser, a Washington state timber company, according to disclosure forms.
• Ivey’s property in Monroe County generates the revenue.
• The fair market value of the property is listed as $250,000.
• According to Ivey’s previous financial disclosure forms, the timber property has brought in up to $250,000 per year.

Kay Ivey’s Age, Height, Weight, and Body Dimensions

• Kay Ivey will be 75 years old in 2020.
• She has a height of 5 feet and 6 inches.
• She weighs approximately 60 kg.
• Her eyes are hazel, and her hair is greyish.
• She wears a UK size 6 shoe.

Kay Ivey’s Husband

• Ivey has been married and divorced twice, and she is the mother of no children.
• Her first husband was Ben LaRavia.
• They got engaged while attending Auburn University.
• Ivey was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019.
• On September 20, 2019, she received outpatient treatment at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “I am confident in God’s plan and purpose for my life,” she said.
• Ivey was declared cancer-free in January 2020.
• The cancer was in its early stages and responded well to radiation therapy.

Kay Ivey’s Childhood and Education

• Ivey was born in Camden, Alabama, on October 15, 1944.
• Boadman Nettles Ivey is her father’s name, and Barbara Elizabeth (Nettles) Ivey is her mother’s name.
• Her father was a World War II army major who later worked with the Gees Bend community as part of the Farmers Home Administration, a federal program.
• She adores her family and wrote on Instagram, “As an only child, I treasure the close relationship I had with my parents, Boadman and Barbara Nettles Ivey.” They taught me about life’s joys and sorrows, but most importantly, they taught me how to be a high achiever. I was fortunate to have two God-fearing, loving parents, and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about them. Today, I pay tribute to their memory by encouraging you to unplug and spend quality time with your loved ones.”
• She graduated from Auburn University, where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, where she became president of her first-year pledge class, and where she served in the Student Government Association all four years.
• While at Auburn, Ivey took part in a blackface skit for which she later apologized.

Political Career of Kay Ivey

• In 1979, she was appointed to the state cabinet by then-Governor Fob James.
• She later worked as the reading clerk for the Alabama House of Representatives from 1980 to 1982, and as the Assistant Director of the Alabama Development Office from 1982 to 1985.
• In 1982, she ran unsuccessfully for State Auditor as a Democrat.
• In 2018, Ivey signed legislation exempting economic development professionals from registering as lobbyists under Alabama ethics law.
• During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Ivey declared a state of emergency on March 13.
• On April 3, Ivey issued a stay-at-home order that went into effect the next day.

Kay Ivey Factual Information

• She was born in Wilcox County, Alabama. Governor Ivey was born in Camden, which is about an hour’s drive from Montgomery.
• She saved the state an estimated $5 million during her tenure as Treasurer.
• Ivey also signed the even more stringent House Bill 314, which sought to criminalize abortion beginning in November 2019 except in cases where the mother’s life is in risk or the fetus is unlikely to survive. In 2019, it mandated prison sentences of up to 99 years for physicians who performed such surgery.

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