Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokunge apedza kudzidza kukoreji, Allen akashanda somubatsiri wemukuru wezvokufambisa musangano weDemocratic National Convention muna 2008. Gare gare akabatana neBarack Obama mushandirapamwe wemutungamiri wenyika wa2008
uye akashanda paKugadzwa kwa2009. Allen gare gare akashanda seMutevedzeri Wemutungamiriri weKutaurirana muHofisi yeMutevedzeri weMutungamiri. Kubva muna 2014 kusvika 2015, akashanda semutungamiriri wePublic Affairs uye Strategic Communication yeBureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.