Allison Barker is the project outreach liaison for NextEra Energy Transmission. She also worked for the NextEra Energy corporate and financial communications team and as project manager for the company’s centennial celebration. She supported earnings communications and senior executives, including the chief financial officer, chief risk officer, corporate secretary and others, and led the creation of the annual sustainability report. She also worked in corporate communications for American Electric Power in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, where her duties included media relations, employee communications and community outreach. She also worked in media relations for Duke Energy in Florida, as a speech writer and spokeswoman for the West Virginia Board of Education and the state superintendent of schools, and as a reporter for The Associated Press. She holds degrees from Marshall University and West Virginia University.