The bride is the daughter of Roy and Dottie Nilsen of Upper St. Clair. Her grandparents are Elisabeth Nilsen of Bridgeville and the late Josef Nilsen, and the late Andrew and Helen Novotnak.
The groom is the son of Elaine Haley of Schenectady, N.Y. He is the grandson of the late Helen Haley.
Alison is a graduate of Upper St. Clair High School and The University of Tennessee.
James is a graduate of Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons High School, Siena College in Albany, N.Y. and Campbell University in North Carolina where he earned a master's degree.
After a two-week honeymoon in Maya Riviera, Mexico, the couple makes their home in Nashville, Tenn.