Pamela Drake has joined Lighthouse HR Support in Grand Junction as an unemployment insurance business partner.

Drake brings to her latest role more than 35 years of experience in unemployment and human resources.

She worked in New Mexico as a hearing officer and then directed unemployment claims programs and provided human resources consulting to the New Mexico Hospital Association, Cleveland Hospital Association and Colorado Hospital Association. Most recently, she served more than 100 clients from various industries as the primary contact for the unemployment program and other contracted services through Equifax.

Drake served in various leadership roles with the Colorado Healthcare Association for Human Resource Management. She also served on the advocacy and annual meeting committees of the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration. She received six national awards from the organization.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish with a minor in education from the State University of New York at Potsdam.

Lighthouse HR Support offers a range of human resource management consulting services for small and medium-sized businesses. The firm combines under one operation what previously were Employer Representatives, Background Research and Krey Benefit Solutions. For more information, call 243-7789 or visit the website located at www.lighthousehrs.net.