Before being promoted to District Director, Allan served three years as a Staff Assistant and District Scheduler for Representative Linder. In 1994, 1996 and again in 1998 he took leave to manage Linder’s reelection campaigns. He is a graduate of the Republican National Committee Campaign Management College. Allan has also been a candidate for public office. In 2000 he was the Republican nominee for the Georgia House of Representatives district 78.

During the 1992 campaign, Allan served as Statewide Campaign Liaison for the Georgia Republican Party under then Executive Director (and now State Senator) David Shafer, working with candidates for Labor Commissioner, Public Service Commission and U.S. Senate.

He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Georgia and holds several insurance professional designations including Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI); Associate, Reinsurance Administration (ARA); Associate, Insurance Regulatory Compliance (AIRC) and Associate, Customer Service (ACS). He is also an Accredited Insurance Examiner (AIE). Allan is currently an MBA candidate at Mercer University in Atlanta. His duties at the Department of Insurance had him attend the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) quarterly national meetings where he followed issues dealing with consumer protections, insurance fraud, government affairs, and life and health insurance.

Allan served on the Board of Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity from 2000 to 2002. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation of Georgia since 2001, currently serving as as Vice-Chairman. Since 2006 he has served on the Governing Committee of the Georgia Automobile Insurance Plan as the Insurance Commissioner’s Appointment.