WSRE Press Room

People On The Move: Elaine Tucker Joins WSRE

Elaine Tucker has joined WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, as the new Marketing and Business Development Representative. In her position, she will be WSRE’s liaison to Okaloosa County and the Emerald Coast. Tucker is an experienced public relations and communications professional, with a history of organizing and directing community events and fundraising. She has also served as an Okaloosa County Commissioner, Shalimar’s Commissioner and Mayor Pro-Tem, and as a board member and chairperson of numerous boards and task forces throughout the Emerald Coast.

A native of Portland, Oregon, Tucker is married to Major (Ret.) Robert “Geno” Tucker who is an engineer with Jacobs. After moving around the world as an Air Force family, the Tuckers settled in Shalimar in 1995. The Tuckers have two daughters.

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