Nan Drake, governmental affairs and public relation director for Harrison Industries, has been named one of the Top 50 Women in Business in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties by the Pacific Coast Business Times for the sixth consecutive year.

Drake and the other 49 women were honored at an evening awards reception at the Bacara Resort and Spa in Goleta on April 11.

Drake is the voice of one of the largest family-owned trash- and recycling-hauling companies in the United States. She also represents Gold Coast Recycling & Transfer Station and Agromin Premium Soil Products. Her tireless commitment to recycling has made Ventura County the most lauded and praised county in California. All of Harrison’s franchise clients – the cities of Ventura, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, Ojai, Fillmore and Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County as well as the County of Ventura – have consistently surpassed the state’s strict waste diversion goals.

Drake was a member of the Ventura City Council from 1985-89 and also served on California’s Integrated Waste Management and Los Angeles Regional Water Quality boards. She currently serves on the executive board of the Ventura County Economic Development Association as well as on the board of directors of the Economic Development Cooperative, Ventura County, and the Ventura and Carpinteria Chambers of Commerce. In addition, Drake is co-chair of the Ventura St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee.

Drake also is the 2013 recipient of VCEDA’s Carl Lowthrop Golden Eagle Award for outstanding public service.