Ricarda Van Drew

Meet Mrs. Ricarda Van Drew; wife of democratic politician Jeff Van Drew, who has been serving as the U.S Representative for New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district.

Ricarda’s husband holds a B.S. from Rutgers and a D.M.D. degree from Farleigh Dickinson University. He got his seat in the New Jersey Senate, on November 6, 2007. He served in the  New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2008; subsequently served as  New Jersey State Senator until 2018, after he announced he would run for the open congressional seat.

He won the Democratic primary on June 5, 2018. Prior to all of that, Jeff Van Drew was a dentist in South Jersey.

Mrs. Van Drew was born Ricarda Rose Villani on March 18, 1954.

Ricarda gave birth to their son Jefferson Jr. on July 15, 1981, and to their daughter Danielle on July 8, 1983.

Danielle Van Drew now Danielle Dick is married to Robert Grant Dick; she graduated in 2005, with a Bachelor of Arts in communications and public relations from Seton Hall University. She is the founder of DRPR Strategies.

Her son Jeff, holds a BA With Honors from Rutgers University and my Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School. He is an attorney, a Certified Financial Planner;  Board‑Certified as an Estate Planning Law Specialist by the ABA‑accredited Estate Law Specialist Board; CPA-Bodybuilder-Coder, maintainer of BTCPay-Python library.