Cook has lived in Brentwood NH since 2000 and has a real love for this community. Allen is married to his wife Lucie and together they have four wonderful children who have grown into young adults, Camilla, Amelia, Sophia, and Joseph. He enjoys travel, reading, and fly fishing and has visited 46 different countries around the world. He has taken polo lessons and hopes to give more time to that in the future.

Cook previously served two terms as your State Representative for Brentwood from 2014-2018. During that time he served on the Education Committee and the Children and Family Law Committee. Allen is a strong fiscal conservative and a compassionate leader for societal justice based on our founding document, The Constitution of the United States. He is also a successful real estate investor and a champion for the small business community

Pastor Allen Cook serves as the Senior Pastor of Grace Ministries International located in Brentwood and has served for nearly 40 years as the Senior leader. He was a founding board member of the Austin17 House and has helped to plant several churches in New England. He studied at Columbia International University is the author of two theological books expressing the importance of a Biblical foundation for the Christian Faith.

Allen is passionate about service and is currently involved in an incredible outreach in Nairobi Kenya where he helped to build a school that now comprises some 220 students. He has also helped to launch an orphanage for homeless children that serves more than 80 kids per year and helped bring medical clinics to the low income areas of Mathare Valley, outreaches in Kibera, and the most infamous area in Nairobi.