Alyson Tucker has been named manager of Alabama Power’s business office in Pell City. Tucker will be responsible for the customer service and accounting functions for the Pell City office. She also will be responsible for managing external relationships and fostering community development while retaining oversight of external affairs and communications for the company’s Eastern Division. Tucker succeeds Tommy Bowers, who retired last month. 

Tucker has more than 10 years’ experience in public relations, media relations and external communications for Alabama Power and Southern Company. Most recently she served as external affairs coordinator in the Anniston Business Office where she spearheaded critical community development projects with the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce, Jacksonville State University, the Young Leaders Society of Calhoun County, Leadership Calhoun County and many others. Tucker was critical to the success in 2013 of the Connecting Our Greater Communities campaign with the chamber, which coordinated the growth and development efforts of eight counties and provided education about the power of thinking and working regionally. The year long initiative also was the catalyst for a first-of-its-kind, regional economic development forum in January. Tucker also served as the external communications coordinator for Southern Nuclear where she was the media relations lead on company and nuclear industry issues, including regulatory licensing, generation outages and emergency response.

Tucker serves as vice chair for marketing and tourism on the Calhoun County Chamber’s board of directors, vice president of the United Way’s Young Leaders

Society of Calhoun County, chairman of the Leading Edge Institute East Alabama Community Council, and the Alabama Power Service Organization-Eastern Division executive sponsor. She also serves on the boards of the Calhoun and Cleburne County American Red Cross and United Cerebral Palsy-East Alabama. Society of Calhoun County, chairman of the Leading Edge Institute East Alabama Community Council, and the Alabama Power Service Organization-Eastern Division executive sponsor. She also serves on the boards of the Calhoun and Cleburne County American Red Cross and United Cerebral Palsy-East Alabama.

Tucker is a graduate of Auburn University with a bachelor of arts in public relations and a secondary degree in marketing.  She and her husband, Michael, live in Anniston.

Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), provides reliable affordable electricity to more than 1.4 million customers across the state.