Vulcan Materials has named Jerry F. Perkins, Jr president of the southern & gulf coast division and Christy Alvord president of central division.
Headquartered in Birmingham, Perkins will have senior management responsibility which covers the company’s construction materials businesses in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and the Panhandle of Florida. The southern & gulf coast division is one of seven of Vulcan's domestic construction materials divisions.
Perkins served as general counsel and corporate secretary beginning in 2015, and prior to that time as assistant general counsel and corporate secretary. Before joining Vulcan in 2002, he worked as a certified public accountant (CPA) at a global accounting firm and was an attorney with Burr & Forman in Birmingham, Alabama.
Alvord is based in Nashville and her role encompasses Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Arkansas. She formerly held the position of president, southern & gulf coast division.
Alvord has served as president of the southern & gulf coast division since 2017 and prior to that time served as vice president of corporate planning and performance improvement. Before joining Vulcan in 2016, she held various executive management positions across the United States at GE Aviation, including serving as president of GE Aviation-Unison Industries and GE Aviation-Middle River Aircraft Systems.
