Vincent C. Gray

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Vincent C. Gray (b. November 8, 1942^[1]) is a politician from Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. He is currently Chairman of the DC City Council. Gray was elected in 2006 to succeed longtime council chair Linda W. Cropp after defeating Council colleague Kathleen Patterson as the Democratic candidate for the position. Gray ran his campaign under the banner "One City" and focused on unity among the disparate racial and economic groups in Washington DC.

Prior to his Council career, Gray served as the founding Executive Director of Covenant House Washinginton. Gray grew the agency from a van outreach program to a multi site agency serving homeless youth in the cities Southeast and Northeast communities. Previous to Covenant House, Gray served as the Director of the Department of Human Services for the District of Columbia under then Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly. Kelly picked Gray from his longtime role as Executive Director of the D.C. Association of Retarded Citizens.

In the September 2004 primary election, Mr. Gray defeated the incumbent Ward 7 member of the Council of the District of Columbia, and went on to win the November general election with 91% of the vote. He was sworn-in as a member of the Council on January 2, 2005. He is a member of the Council’s Committees on Health; Economic Development; Human Services; and Education, Libraries and Recreation. Chairman Cropp also appointed him to Chair a Special Committee on Prevention of Youth Violence.

Mr. Gray has two children, Jonice Gray Tucker and Vincent Carlos Gray, and one grandchild, Austin Gray Tucker. ^[1]

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Preceded by Kevin P. Chavous	Ward 7 Representative, Council of the District of Columbia 2005–2007	Succeeded by Yvette Alexander
Preceded by Linda W. Cropp	Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia 2007–	Succeeded by incumbent