Jeff Lewis grew up in southern California and graduated from Dartmouth College.  He was involved in the management of Foothill Beverage Company, a leading distributor of Anheuser-Busch beer products, for nearly thirty years.   During that time, he served on the board-of-directors of the national beer wholesalers association and was chairman of the California Beer and Beverage Distributors, spending considerable time lobbying in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. on behalf of the brewing industry.  In the past, Jeff served on the boards of South Beach Beverage Company, the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center and the Fairplex Education Foundation.  Currently, he serves on the boards of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

Jeff resides in Newport Beach, California with his wife, Marge.