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Councilmember Deborah Gray was elected to represent Ward 4 on Cleveland City Council. Ward 4 is on Cleveland’s southeast side and includes the neighborhoods of Buckeye, Ludlow, Mount Pleasant, Shaker Square, and Woodland Hills.
Prior to being elected to Council, Councilwoman Gray was the elected Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Precinct Committeewoman from Ward 4, Precinct F.
She has been actively involved in her community for decades, having served as a Buckeye Ambassador, Concerned Citizen, block club president, St. Luke's Foundation Resident Advancement Committee member, and has been involved in many organizations and initiatives, like Co-Founding the Informative Action Committee for Cleveland VOTES and Healthy Eating Health Living (HEAL), working hard to empower the people in our neighborhoods.
In addition to her extensive community work, Councilmember Gray is an East Tech graduate, holds a business degree, graduated from the Cleveland Leadership Institute, and brings a diversity of experience to Council. As a corporate employee for our largest Cleveland organizations, she spent years learning about organization structure and process. After the Great Recession in 2008, she went on to start her own successful fashion business where she networked with small women owned businesses to sharpen her entrepreneurial skills. Councilmember Gray also got involved in the labor movement when she was a union rep to the UAW. Most recently, she worked in public service at the Cleveland Public Library.
Councilwoman Gray was born in Saginaw, Michigan and as a child her family moved to Cleveland. She is a proud resident of the Buckeye Neighborhood, and has spent decades in Cleveland’s southeast neighborhoods, where she raised her two sons and became a homeowner.
“I’m proud and excited to announce my candidacy for Cleveland City Council Ward 4,”
“I’m proud and excited to announce my candidacy for Cleveland City Council Ward 4,”
“Our southeast neighborhoods, and the people already here, are vital to the success of Cleveland."
“Our southeast neighborhoods, and the people already here, are vital to the success of Cleveland."
"We deserve city services that work for the people, safe and healthy housing,
"We deserve city services that work for the people, safe and healthy housing,
community-based safety, and economic empowerment."
community-based safety, and economic empowerment."
"As an Elected Precinct Committeewoman, I've been in the trenches. Boots on the ground.
"As an Elected Precinct Committeewoman, I've been in the trenches. Boots on the ground.
So I know that my neighbors participation in our democracy is VITAL for Ward 4 to move forward for our future.”
So I know that my neighbors participation in our democracy is VITAL for Ward 4 to move forward for our future.”
- Councilmember Deborah A. Gray
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