Bob Drewel is the Executive Director of the Puget Sound Regional Council. PSRC was formed in 1991 by the local governments in the central Puget Sound region as a forum for making key decisions on regional growth and transportation issues. The agency serves as the Metropolitan Planning Organization and Regional Transportation Planning Organization for King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties and cities. PSRC supports the work of the Central Puget Sound Economic Development District through a merger that took effect in 2003.

Bob Drewel completed his third and last term as Snohomish County Executive in December 31, 2003. He was first elected to that position in November 1991.

Bob is well known for his leadership in promoting regional solutions to the many challenges facing the Northwest, including economic development, effective land-use regulation, transportation, and environmental enhancement. In his twenty years of public service, Bob has successfully worked to build partnerships between the often-contending interests of the private and public sectors … partnerships that are based on shared visions for a healthy and vigorous community.

Within Snohomish County, he helped build community partnerships as a board member of the Economic Development Council, Healthy Communities Initiative, United Way, Snohomish County Tomorrow, Snohomish County Needs Assessment Project, Economic Investment Plan, SnoNet and City/County Task Force on Criminal Justice.

Other civic involvement includes the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Rotary, Everett Area Chamber of Commerce, Big Brothers Big Sisters, YWCA, Deaconess Children’s Services, YMCA, and numerous other community projects.

Bob is past president and member of the executive board of the Puget Sound Regional Council and the former chairman of Sound Transit.

Bob is the former president and chief executive officer of Everett Community College.

Bob is a 1970 graduate of the University of Washington. He lives in Arlington with his wife, Cheryl. They have two grown daughters.