Meet Allan.

Mayor Allan Wai-Ket Fung 馮偉傑 is known for his bold reforms that made Cranston, Rhode Island one of the Top 50 Cities to Live in America.

Allan is the eldest of Kwong Wen and Tan Ping's three children. Growing up on the diverse south side of Providence, Rhode Island, Allan has lived the American dream because of his parent's sacrifices. Leaving family and friends in Hong Kong and not knowing a word of English, they came to the US to create a better life for the family that they were about to start. With faith and a lot of hard work, they opened Kong Wen Restaurant. From an early age, Allan’s parents instilled a hard work ethic in him. He cleaned tables & washed dishes just as soon as he could stand on the milk crate and reach into the sink.

Allan graduated from the prestigious Classical High School, before becoming the first in his family to graduate from college. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rhode Island College, he graduated with honors from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

He served as a criminal prosecutor in the Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit of the RI Attorney General’s Office and then went to the private sector where he became the Government Affairs Counsel for MetLife. When he became increasingly frustrated with his city’s fiscal demise due to poor leadership, Allan decided to roll up his sleeves and ran successfully for an at-large seat on the City Council. In 2008, he was elected as the first Asian American Mayor in the history of Rhode Island.

Allan has turned Cranston from a municipality with deep financial troubles into one of the Top 50 Cities to Live in America for three straight years. As Mayor, he led Cranston to its highest bond rating in over two decades, increased business development by over $110 million and added over 4700 new jobs during his tenure. Allan negotiated pension reforms with tough public sector unions that even survived writ at the Supreme Court of the United States. During a time of great social upheaval in 2020, he stood shoulder to shoulder with law enforcement, defending his city from riots that were taking place in a border city. He also worked hard with the local public schools. Once swamped in debt, the school system now runs surpluses, all while increasing the high school graduation rate by over twenty percent.

Allan has been recognized nationally for his work fighting Anti-Asian bias, and for promoting Asian Americans in government. He has also been the two-time Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island. After leaving the Mayor’s office due to term limits in 2020, while still having an amazing 82% approval rating intact, he returned to the practice of law. Allan was named a partner at Pannone, Lopes, Devereaux, and O’Gara, the most diverse legal firm in the state.

Allan married his wife, Barbara Ann, in 2016, after meeting at the 2012 Republican National Convention. He was by her side for her first political run in 2020, where she became the first person in 114 years to defeat a sitting Speaker of the House in Rhode Island.