Bob Drewel

Bob Drewel
2nd Executive Director of Puget Sound Regional Council
In office January 2004 – January 2, 2014
Preceded by	Mary McCumber
Succeeded by	Josh Brown
2nd Snohomish County Executive
In office January 2, 1992 – January 5, 2004
Preceded by	Willis Tucker
Succeeded by	Aaron Reardon
Personal details
Born	1945/1946 (age 70–71) Seattle, Washington
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Cheryl Drewel
Children	2
Residence	Arlington, Washington
Alma mater	University of Washington

Robert J. Drewel (born 1945–46) is an American retired politician from Washington state. Drewel served as the county executive of Snohomish County, Washington from 1992 to 2004 and as the Executive Director of the Puget Sound Regional Council from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his career in politics, he was president of Everett Community College and a labor and personnel relations consultant.

Drewel was born in Seattle, and was raised in Seattle and on his family's alfalfa and grape farm in Kennewick. He graduated from Ingraham High School in Seattle and attended Columbia Basin Junior College, Central Washington University and the University of Washington. He graduated in 1970 from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in history.

Drewel worked as an assistant sales manager at the Rhodes Brothers department store in Seattle and later for a labor-relations firm before moving to Everett. Drewel was hired by Everett Community College in 1974 to work in their personnel department and twice served as interim president in 1981 and 1984. He was appointed permanently to the position in December 1984, and became interested in politics while involved in the college's lobbying efforts in the Washington State Legislature. During his tenure at the college, Drewel led efforts to rebuild the campus library after it was destroyed in a fire, as well as paying back $1 million in debt to the state after a miscalculation in enrollment numbers, and the establishment of early-retirement and retraining programs for staff.

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