Background

Allyson Perry joined CMA in the Kansas City office in July 2009. Her roots are deep in agriculture, and she is passionate about building trust in the food system. She grew up on a farm and worked in the pork industry for 18 years in public affairs, government affairs, human resources, and she was a pork producer herself.

Allyson is a top-notch communicator, and prides herself on her ability to create win/win situations, find compromises that work and exercise basic common sense in a world that is not always logical. She is a former member of the Missouri Pork Producers and is on the executive board of the Agribusiness Association of Iowa.

In her spare time she sings in three separate choirs at church and serves on the leadership team for the chancel choir. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla.

Meet Allyson

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Air traffic controller.

Biggest pet peeve?

People who use words like awesome, phenomenal, “to die for”, fantastic.  Nothing is that great!  It can be good, pretty good, or really good.  Phenomenal?  Awesome?   I’ve never seen anything that merited so much excitement.

What’s your claim to fame?

I won first place in the skeet-shooting contest when I was in 5^th grade (yes, it was a class activity; firearms were acceptable back then).

Tell us about your family.

I am the only child of a farm family in Eastern North Carolina.  I married Eric Perry, from Ohio (Yankee that he was), and we have one child, a son, James Thomas, named after both grandfathers.

Contact Allyson

allysonp@cmabuildstrust.com
816-556-3126