M. H. West & Co., Inc.’s Chair and CEO, Marilyn West, her husband Edward West and WEST associates Tom Wilkinson, Radcliffe Chambers, Nanci Kapoor, Meaghan West, Julian House, Erica Cage and Joe Armstrong attended the 144th Greater Richmond Chamber annual dinner on November 30th. M. H. West & Co., Inc. was happy to be a corporate table sponsor for this premier event. The highlight of the evening was the IMPACT Award, which honored a handful of emerging businesses from the region. The award recognizes local businesses that have made an impact on the Richmond region’s economy, the community, their employees and their industry through innovation.
A Petersburg-based solid-waste-disposal company, Container First Services won the 2011 Impact Award. Container First Services was among five finalists for the award. The company is working on several projects to make landfills more environmentally sustainable.
The other 2011 Impact finalists were:
- Dominion Digital Inc.
- Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.
- Dominion Packaging Inc.
- LeClair Ryan
Held each October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a national campaign that raises awareness about disability employment issues and celebrates the many and varied contributions of America’s workers with disabilities.
My teenage summer jobs were typical: lousy and formative. One summer, I scooped ice cream by a dock for $5 an hour plus tips. The next, I bagged groceries, with an August promotion to check-out and the privilege of moistening the leafy vegetables with a spray bottle. These jobs were monotonous and ill-paid but also instructive for my obnoxious, eye-rolling, teenage self. Codes need to be memorized. Uniforms need to be worn. Bosses need to be heeded. I learned those lessons, and I remember them today.
From the moment they entered the workforce in the 1960s, baby-boomers began to shape America’s economy and politics. They will do the same as they leave. The first of the estimated 78m Americans born between 1946 and 1964 turn 65 in 2011, the normal age for retirement. As their ranks swell in coming years, the burden of financing their retirement will mount. So will their electoral importance.
WEST CEO, Marilyn West and associates Michael Byrnes and Joe Armstrong attended the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce’s 26th Annual Meeting of the Membership on December 8 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. The luncheon is Hampton Roads’ largest gathering of elected officials and business leaders. The crowd of 750 heard from keynote speaker Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.
It was a year of expansion for this elite group. Several women, including PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, pulled off big acquisitions, while thirteen others earned big promotions.