Board Member: Drew Reilly

Law Director, City of Stow

Drew was born and raised in the village of Mogadore in Northeast Ohio. After attending Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO, and a brief stint interning at theCenter for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, Drew returned home to Northeast Ohio, and got involved in local government. Jumping in with both feet, Drew ran his first County-wide campaigns in 2012, with successful re-elections of County Executive Russ Pry, Fiscal Officer Kristen Scalise, and Clerk of Courts Daniel Horrigan. During this time, Drew was also appointed to Village Council in his hometown of Mogadore, serving as the youngest voice on council at the age of 22.

Following the 2012 campaigns, Drew took a job in the administration of Executive Russ Pry, where he served as Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff. During this time, Drew also attended law school at the University of Akron School of Law. By this time, Drew and his wife, Samantha, had purchased their first house in the City of Cuyahoga Falls. After graduating and passing the Ohio Bar Exam in 2017, Drew successfully ran for Ward 1 Councilmember in the City of Cuyahoga Falls.

Drew began his legal career clerking for Judge Nicole Walker in the Akron Municipal Court. At this time, Drew began his work with housing justice, and landlord-tenant law. He also volunteered with the International Institute of Akron, representing detainees pro-bono during bond proceedings in front of Federal Immigration Court. Drew and Samantha had their first child, Jameson Patrick, in 2019, the same year that Drew was successfully reelected to Ward 1 Council. However, in 2020, Drew began a new job with the Summit County Land Reutilization Corporation (Summit County Land Bank), working as in-house counsel. Drew, Samantha, and Jameson also relocated to Stow, OH, in 2020 and Drew stepped off Cuyahoga Falls council.

Currently, Drew serves as Law Director for the City of Stow, having joined the City in 2022, first as Deputy Law Director, being appointed as Law Director in 2024, and winning reelection in 2025. 

Drew is also an alumni of the Akron Bar Association Leadership Academy, Akron Torchbearers, the Stow-Munroe Falls Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program, and a previous winner of the Greater Akron Chamber’s 30 for the Future Award. He also has served on the Summit County Eviction Task Force, the Summit County Special Committee on Racism as a Public Health Crisis, and the Board of Directors of the Summit Choral Society, the Stow-Munroe Falls Chamber of Commerce, and the Humility of Mary Housing Corporation.