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Allan has been involved in our Lee's Summit community and the metroplitan area for over two decades. Please click on the links below to see the list of more than 50 ways Allan has gained experience and played leaderhip roles in a variety of community efforts!

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ALLAN S. GRAY II
612 SW Walden Lane
Lee’s Summit, Missouri

Married:         Carmen A. Gray
Children:        Heather Pelanne, Allan Gray III (Trey)

Allan and Carmen Gray
Allan and Carmen Gray

Employment: Truman Medical Center, Director of Community Relations and Cultural Affairs

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Public Service
Boards, Commissions, Community Involvement

Local

  • Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce
    • Healthcare Committee
    • Government Relations Committee
    • Legislative Affairs Committee
  • City of Lee’s Summit Cultural Plan – Chair
  • City of Lee’s Summit Tax Increment Finance Commission – Vice Chair
  • ½ Cent Sales Tax Road Improvements Initiative - Co-Chair
  • City of Lee’s Summit Planning Commission
  • Lee’s Summit R-7 School District
    • Partners In Education
    • Citizen’s Advisory Council
  • City of Lee’s Summit Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Act Commission
  • Downtown Lee’s Summit Arts Detour
  • Lee’s Summit Road Improvements Planning Team
  • Lee’s Summit Road Coalition


Allan works with other metro officials at a
Lee's Summit Road Stakeholders Meeting

  • Smoke Free Lee’s Summit Committee
  • Safer, Greener Lee’s Summit Committee
  • Lee’s Summit R-7 School District “Connecting Students to their Futures Committee”
  • Lee’s Summit Rotary

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Metropolitan

  • Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
  • ArtsKC Fund for the Arts Steering Committee
  • Bi-State Cultural Tax Amenities Steering Committee
  • Committee for County Progress
  • Friends of Union Station
  • Gentleman of Distinction – Founder
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
  • John Wornall House Museum
  • Kansas City Ballet
  • Kansas City Film Commission
  • Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey - Founder, President, Chairman Emeritus
  • Kansas City Spirit Festival
  • Kansas City Symphony
  • Kansas City Consensus
  • Nelson Atkins Museum of Art - Songs of My People” Planning Committee
  • Truman Medical Center Board of Governors
  • United Way of Eastern Jackson County

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State

  • Governor’s Commission on Family and Children Services
  • Missouri Arts Council – Chairman, Vice-chair, task force chair
  • Missouri Cultural Trust – Chairman
  • Missouri Council on Economic Education - Board Treasurer
  • Mid-America Arts Alliance

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National

  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre New York
  • National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) - Dance Panel
  • Society for the Arts In Health Care

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Honors

  • Missouri Arts Council Award
  • City of Lee’s Summit Humanitarian of the Year – 2006
  • Lee’s Summit Arts Council Achievement Award
  • National Community Leadership Association Distinguished Leadership Award  - 2007
  • 100 Most Influential African Americans
  • Kansas City Tomorrow Alumni of the Year Award - 2006
  • Rachel E. Neely Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Kansas City Business Journal Up & Comers Award
  • Charles B. Merrill Scholar
  • Bank of America Local Hero Award


Joan Israelite, President, Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City and Allan Gray with his Local Hero Award

 
 
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