Personal Information

• Born March 19, 1941
• Wife Phyllis Duff West
• Three daughters, Tracey, Melissa and Amy; two stepchildren, Ginger and David; nine grandchildren
• Episcopal
• Sewanee Military Academy; Tennessee School of Banking
• Father, Ben West, Sr., former Mayor of Nashville
• Brother, Jay West, Former Councilman at Large, and Vice Mayor of Nashville
• President / CEO of Security Express LLC, Security Express Protective Services, LLC and Automated Teller Machines Unlimited, LLC with over 31 years of banking experience.
• Former Layreader, Chalice Bearer and twice Senior Warden of the St. Philips Episcopal Church in Donelson

Community Involvement

• Founder of the Ben West, Jr. Youth Sports Complex on Stewarts Ferry Pike in Donelson
• Co-Founder of Donelson-Hermitage Sr. Citizens Center
• Member of the Greater Nashville Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Honorary Board Member of the House of Mercy
• Member Board of Directors of The Tennessee Arts Foundation
• Former Member Board of Directors of Summit Medical Center
• Member of the Senior Care Board of Directors at the McKendree Village Retirement Complex
• Member, Board of Directorsof the Donelson Chamber of Commerce
• Former Board of Directors Member, Donelson Hermitage YMCA
• Twice President and former Business Man of the Year of the Donelson- Hermitage Chamber of Commerce
• Mason, Scottish Rite (Donelson's McWhirtersville Masonic Lodge)
• Member of the Donelson-Hermitage Neighborhood Assoc., American Assoc. of Retired Persons
• Board of Directors, Hospice Foundation
• Board of Directors, Centerstone Mental Health Centers

Current Session

• Bills Sponsored and Co-sponsored

Staff Contacts

• Mary Adair

Service in Public Office

• House member of the 94th through 106th General Assemblies
• Member, House Transportation Committee
• Member, House State and Local Government Committee
• Member, House Public Safety and Rural Roads Subcommittee
• Member, House Local Government Subcommittee
• Member, State Capitol Commission
• Former Chairman of the Davidson County Delegation to the Legislature
• Former Chairman of the Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of the Boy Scout "Long Rifle" Award

Recipient of the Public Personnel Award from the Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities

Tennessee Municipal League "Legislator of the Year"

Alcohol and Drug Association "Legislator of the Year"

County Officials Association "Legislator of the Year"