WEST’s Marilyn H. West & Meaghan B. West attended the December 17, 2008 Annual Biz Meeting and Holiday Celebration of the Metropolitan Business League at the Maymont Nature and Visitor Center. The League’s CEO, Oliver Singleton recognized members and other supporters and encouraged participation in the League’s 2009 Virginia Business Empowerment Council to be held on January 30-31, 2009. Featured banquet speaker will be Melody C. Barnes, A Richmond, VA native and President-elect Barack Obama’s designee for Chair of the Domestic Policy Council.

Marilyn H. West, Chairman and CEO of M. H. West & Co., Inc., a leading planning and consulting firm in Richmond, Va., launches a new speaker series at Waynseburg University. The series, “Igniting the Entrepreneurial Spirit,” is geared toward regional business owners and principals, graduate students, undergraduate students and local alumni. The series will benefit those interested in fostering entrepreneurship in southwestern Pennsylvania. (more)