In addition to serving as El Segundo’s Mayor since 2018, Drew Boyles is an entrepreneur and CEO of businesses in multiple states with several hundred employees. Drew achieved his Bachelor’s Degree by the age of 21, while fully enlisted in the US Navy. After the military, Drew quickly progressed through the leadership ranks at Brunswick Corporation and Starbucks Coffee, while solely raising his two sons. Drew went on to get his MBA in Finance from USC and became a Big 5 Management Consultant. 

On the entrepreneurial front, Drew has owned and operated as many as three dozen 1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchises.  Drew founded HazAwayToday.com, which provides the first of its kind residential and commercial hazardous waste removal services. Drew’s latest ventures involve a patented consumer product for the action sports industry and wave pool, surfing centric large real estate developments. Drew believes building great relationships is even more valuable than building businesses, taking great pride in the dozens of leadership and company ownership opportunities he has created for his employees.

Beyond the world of his businesses, Drew has served in various leadership capacities with Entrepreneurs' Organization, including President of the LA Chapter and the U.S. West Regional Director. He is a Board Member of The World Is Just a Book Away, which builds libraries for impoverished children in Mexico and Indonesia. Drew served as Co-Chairperson of the Surfrider Foundation Malibu/Santa Monica chapter.

In government capacities, Drew served as Chairman of the El Segundo Economic Development Advisory Council from 2014 through 2016. He was then elected to the El Segundo City Council in 2016, immediately voted in as Mayor Pro Tem and then voted in as Mayor in 2018, where he has served since. During his time on the Council, Drew has emphasized bringing performance-based and private industry techniques to government, driving economic development and fostering nimble, effective communication and leading responsible fiscal strategy, while ensuring our residents and businesses love where they live and work.

During his time on Council, Drew has served on a wide variety of intracity and intercity committees and councils, including:

• South Bay Cities Council of Government
• Chairperson and Board Member
• Southern California Association of Governments
• Regional Council Member 
• Transportation Committee Member
• Emerging Technologies Committee Member
• Community, Economic & Human Development Committee Member
• LA County Beach & Harbor Commission Member
• League of California Cities
• Governance and Employee Relations Committee Member
• California Coastal Groups Leadership Committee Member
• LAX Airport Advisory Council Member 
• LA County Sanitation Districts 1 & 5 Director 
• City/School Affairs Subcommittee Member 
• CALPERS Pension Committee Member 
• Environmental Committee Liaison
• Park Vista Council Liaison 
• Technology Committee Liaison

Drew’s personal passions are spending time with his wife, Lee and his five children, working to leave the world a better place, and surfing, skiing and snowboarding as hard and as often as possible. Drew has a goal of surfing every country in the world; somehow, even the land locked ones! As of 2024, he has surfed 25 countries.