Performance and development consulting.

Life provides the opportunity for change, which one can resist or embrace, disrupt or initiate.  

Challenge is uncomfortable and discomfort creates the catalyst for growth. This never ending process fosters awareness, joy, love, and a deeper connection to all. 

So that we may "simply evolve."

ABOUT

Drew has enjoyed a lifelong interest in performance. Years of observation and experience have led him to believe that extraordinary feats are the result of a rather simple approach - absolute focus in the moment.

Drew studied finance and economics at the California State University, Chico.  He spent his early career in the stock and fixed income asset management sector in San Francisco. Drew received an MBA from UC Davis in 1993. While there he expanded his study to include work in sports psychology and graduated with a concentration in performance and leadership.

Upon graduation from UC Davis, Drew returned to the asset management sector while continuing volunteer work with athletes and at-risk youth. He eventually switched careers to coach basketball. His experience would include high school, college, and stints coaching in the WNBA and NBA with the Sacramento Kings and Portland Trailblazer organizations.  He created one of the first analytic player personnel databases in professional basketball when he worked in the WNBA in 1998. The database and resulting output was a statistical tool that removed subjective bias from player evaluations.

Drew left professional basketball in 2002 to return to the business world. He is now in his 21st year of corporate advisory and consulting work.  He began at Newmark Cornish and Carey in 2002 and then moved to JLL in 2005 to help build and grow a Sacramento office. The experience provided access to a global Fortune 500 corporate infrastructure that allowed further research into performance and leadership theory.  Drew next worked as an investment acquisition specialist for Strada Investment Group covering the Southern California and Seattle markets.  During that period he also started a private leadership and performance consulting company working with intercollegiate and professional athletes as well as business executives. Drew is currently working as a mental performance consultant with the University of Washington Men’s Basketball program, while still employed by CBRE as a corporate investment advisor, and also managing his private consulting practice.

In 2016 Drew enrolled in the UC San Diego mPEAK program.  He is now an mPEAK trained consultant. The acronym stands for Mindful Performance Enhancement, Awareness and Knowledge. This cutting-edge curriculum created in 2014 for the US BMX Cycling Team was developed by neuroscientists Drs. Lori Haase and Martin Paulus, and the UCSD Center for Mindfulness leaders Executive Director Dr. Steven Hickman and Managing Director Allan Goldstein.  Pete Kirchmer now directs the program, which, is built around the latest brain research related to peak performance, resilience, focus, and “flow.”  Drew continues his collaboration with mPEAK and uses these skills in his consulting practice.

Drew’s consulting clients are performers and leaders in multiple different global industries. This client list includes CEO’s and corporate executives, entrepreneurs, small business owners, professional athletes, intercollegiate athletes, intercollegiate coaches, and Olympians among others. Drew recently consulted with the Latvian women’s beach volleyball team and coach during their historically successful competitive endeavor at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Drew currently lives with his wife, Grace, in Davis, California and Seattle Washington.  His daughter, Kyra, played women’s beach volleyball for the University of Washington and now has a growing career in sports media creation and content.

SIMPLY EVOLVE