Sustainability,
Livability and Vitality
through Proven Leadership!
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!
General Information
Public Service
Honors
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
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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