Alyson Price
Alyson Price | |
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| 19th President of the Shenandoahan Commonwealth | |
| In office January 16, 2017 – January 16, 2021 | |
| Vice President | Vance Reacher |
| Preceded by | Maxwell Halleran |
| Governor of Blue Ridge | |
| In office January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2016 | |
| Deputy | Vance Reacher |
| Preceded by | Rose Newell |
| Succeeded by | James Jenkins |
| Representative in the House of Delegates for the State of Blue Ridge | |
| In office January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Marcus Howell |
| Succeeded by | Shannon Cassedy |
| Mayor of Parkersburg | |
| In office January 1, 1992 – December 31, 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Seger |
| Succeeded by | William Steed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alyson Walker Nelson 18 April 1962 Summersville, Cumberland |
| Spouse | Chad Price (m. 1995) |
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| Education | Blue Ridge University |
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Alyson Walker Price (née Nelson) is the 19th President of the Shenandoahan Commonwealth, and will begin her second term in office on January 16, 2021. She previously served as the governor of the State of Blue Ridge, and a representative to the House of Delegates for the same state from 2002 to 2008. Prior to this, she began her political career as the Mayor of Parkersburg.
Early life
Born Alyson Walker Nelson in 1962, she was the first and only daughter of Stirling and Malandra Nelson. Stirling Nelson was a well known and popular figure in Shenandoahan political and social circles, and was serving as a representative to the House of Delegates for his home state of Blue Ridge. Malandra Nelson (née Hall) was the daughter of Randolph Hall, owner of Majestic Oil and Gas.
Alyson was given the middle name Walker to observe a tradition carried on by the Hall family since the late 1700's. The first female born into a branch of the Hall family generally receive the name Walker, paying homage to past generations of Hall females. As the first born daughter of Stirling and Malandra Nelson, the couple chose to honor the tradition and bestow the middle name upon their child. In 2012, the Price's carried on this tradition by bestowing the name upon their first born daughter, Hannah Walker Price.
Political career
Personal life
Price met her husband, Chad Price, in 1990 after moving from Elkins to Parkersburg following completing her education at Blue Ridge University. The two were dating when she successfully campaigned for and was elected Mayor of Blue Ridge in 1992, and the couple married in 1995. Currently, her husband is the Chief Financial Officer of Price Industires, a company his family started in the late 1800's
The couple have two children, Brandon Price and Hannah Walker Price, ages 19 and 12 respectively.