Drew Wheaton, NACC Adjudication Director, is in his 21st year as a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society. He is currently the director of the Thoroughbred Chorus, and Tenor for the 2016 International Gold Medalist Quartet, Forefront. Drew holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Theory from McGill University and a Bachelor's degree in Music Education and a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Louisville. There he founded the new a cappella group, Cardinal Rule.

Drew is a regular coach of both barbershop quartets and a cappella groups, and has been a clinician at Harmony University, Camp A Cappella, Kettering National A Cappella Festival, and various other a barbershop workshops. Drew is a Singing Judge in the Barbershop Harmony Society judging program. He also teaches private voice lessons, owns a learning track business (AKW Recording) and lives in Louisville, KY with his wife, Kris.