Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 45, 2014

No caucus information on file.

Founder, Specialized Training Services, 1985-present

Crisis Counselor, Department of Substance Abuse/San Diego County of Mental Health

Manager, The Crisis Team, San Diego County of Mental Health

CE Training Provider, California State Bar, 1998-present

CE Training Provider, California Board of Behavioral Sciences, 1995-present

CE Training Provider, American Psychological Association, 1991-present

CE Training Provider, California Board of Registered Nursing, 1998-2014

CME Training Provider, American Medical Association, 1998-2004

Awards:

"Excellence in Training" award from the International Association of Correctional Training Personnel
In 1992, he made the "McKinney list" of the top 300 bridge players worldwide.

Father's Name:

Garth

Father's Occupation:

Parole Officer

Favorite Actor/Actress:

Tom Hanks/Helen Hunt

Favorite Athlete:

Antonio Gates

Favorite Author:

John Grisham

Favorite Book:

A Time to Kill

Favorite Movie:

Braveheart

Favorite Musician:

Donnell Leahy and Natalie MacMaster Leahy

Favorite Quote:

"In God we trust, all other must bring data" Deming

Favorite Sport:

Football

Favorite TV Shows:

Game of Thrones

Favorite Type of Music:

Celtic

Favorite Vacation Spot:

Greece

First Car:

57 Chevy

First Job:

Stepping Stones Adolescent Treatment Center

Hobbies or Special Talents:

I'm a fiddle player for two dance bands, was once ranked in the top 300 of bridge players worldwide and beat the 17th ranked grandmaster in the world in chess while in college.

Drew enjoys playing music, chess, bridge, Sudoku, gardening and watching football. He also enjoys taking his dog to "dog beaches".

Drew took up the violin in college after attending a concert with "It's a Beautiful Day.' He didn't continue with it much after college but decided to take it up again in his 40's. Drew attended a number of fiddle camps in the US and Canada and studied with Richard Greene, a legend in the fiddling world. He now plays fiddle for two bands that play primarily at contra dances.

Mother's Name:

Katie

Mother's Occupation:

Retired school nurse

Name one thing you would most like to do before you die:

I'm doing it!

Names of Grandchildren:

Aiden 5, Siena 3

Number of Grandchildren:

Two

Personal Hero and Why:

President Obama. The man deals with hostility and adversity better than anyone.

Pets (include names):

Suzy (dog), Rufus, Talula, Lugnut and Preds (cats)

Priority Issues:

Veterans, Climate, Women, Education, Immigration Reform, Gun Policy, Campaign Finance Reform, College and Student Loan Costs, Environment and Climate Change, Restoring Educational Excellence, Access to Affordable Health Care, More High Paying Jobs, Raising the Minimum Wage, Preserving Social Security and Medicare, Eliminating Government Waste, Net Neutrality, Solutions to our Water Crisis, Middle Class tax Cut

Publications:

"Suicide Intervention for First Responders" - Conflict Intervention in Social and Domestic Violence, edited by Carmen Warner (1981).

Suicide Intervention for First Responders

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

To bring back a lost art - actually representing the people in one's district in Washington, DC. Special interests have run amok and current campaign financing laws allow officeholders and candidates to pander to everybody except the people they are there to represent. We have huge issues to manage in this country - a rational and sensible gun policy which protects the 2nd amendment but also protects our kids, protecting women's rights to choice, medical benefits and equal pay, action on climate and the protection of our environment, doing a much better job for our veterans, ensuring that no small business should ever again have to endure a Sequester or government shutdown, comprehensive immigration reform, restoring public education to excellence, eliminating government waste, supporting our middle class with a tax cut, keeping the cost of college and student loans down, being certain every American has access to affordable health care and solving the ongoing water crisis in California and Orange County. It can be done, by a statesman who puts country and people over politics and special interests.