Drew Whiting

CEO, Erie Downtown Development Corporation; Scale LLP; Founder, Swing Project; Chairman, ICE Angel Fund; Board Member, Erie’s Black Wall Street

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Drew Whiting is the CEO of the Erie Downtown Development Corporation.  A native of the Buffalo suburbs, Drew met an Erie girl in Chicago, and as the familiar story goes, within a few years of having kids, moved to Erie, within 5 minutes of his mother-in-law.  Prior to the EDDC, Drew was an attorney for, and investor in venture capital companies and funds. In late 2022, Drew and his wife purchased the old Baldwin HQ building at Tenth and State, which has been undergoing a gut renovation and will re-open this spring with a Five Iron Golf on State Street, and an expanded Cafe 7-10 on Tenth Street.  Drew is also Chair of the Chamber’s ICE Angel Fund, on the Board of Erie’s Black Wall Street, and volunteers with Big Brothers & Big Sisters of NWPA.  Drew and his wife Emily live in the West Bayfront area and spend their free time chasing around their 5 year old twins, Annie and Auggie.