• Born March 19, 1941
• Wife Phyllis Duff West, Director of Patient and Community Services for the Metropolitan Government's Board of Hospitals at Bordeaux
• Three daughters; two stepchildren; nine grandchildren
• Episcopal
• 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 Doneslon

Public Office

• House Member of the 94th through 105th General Assemblies
• Member, House Transportation Committee
• Member, House State and Local Government Committee
• Member, House Public Safety and Rural Roads Subcommittee
• Member, House State Government Subcommittee
• Member, House Local Government Subcommittee
• Member, State Capitol Commission
• Former chairman of the Davidson County Delegation to the Legislature

Community Involvement

• Founder of the Ben West, Jr. Youth Sports Complex
• 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
• Member Board of Directors of Summit Medical Center, McKendree Village Retirement Complex, Donelson/Hermitage Chamber of Commerce, and 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 Association, American Association of Retired Persons
• Board of Directors, Donelson-Hermitage Chamber of Commerce
• Former Board of Directors, Centerpoint Community Mental Health Centers
• Former Board of Directors, The Hospice Foundation
• Former Board of Trustees, Summit Medical Center
• Former Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities
• Former President of the Donelson Civitan Club
• Former member of the Mid-Cumberland Area Development Corporation
• Former member of Tennessee Safety Congress
• Former member of Boards of Executive Committee
• Former member Greater Nashville Regional Council and Senior Citizens, Inc.
• Former member of the Association of the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities (Donelson-Hermitage Chapter)

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
• County Officials Association of Tennessee Legislator of the Year 1994
• Tennessee Municipal League Legislator of the Year 1996
• The Tennessee Alcohol and Drug Association and the Tennessee Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors 1995-1996 Legislative Award