Marshall Celebrates with the Charleston Area Alliance, the success of their graduate, Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit!

It was very nice to have Dr. Kopp, President of Marshall University on hand to present Brad Smith with the Expect the Best from West Virginia award at the Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration.

The "Smith's" United

Ok so there is really no relation; still Chuck Smith and Patrick Smith local Charleston leaders enjoyed meeting Brad Smith, President and CEO of Intuit at the Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration. Intuit just reported a very good quarter on May 20th. How many of our readers use Intuit's products? You might and not even realize you do. Do you use Quickbooks at work? Do you use TurboTax to file your tax returns? If you do, then you use a product of Intuit, which is managed by West Virginia Native, Brad Smith.

(From left to right, Patrick Smith, Brad Smith, Chuck Smith, Matt Ballard, President of the Charleston Area Alliance)

Jack Rossi, Chairman of the Charleston Area Alliance Board of Directors, greets Betty Chilton as she arrives at the Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration. Brad Smith, keynote speaker and CEO of Intuit and Matt Ballard, President of the Charleston Area Alliance look on.

The Charleston Newspapers are strong supporters of the Charleston Area Alliance and their mission to create a more vibrant community and prosperous economy.

Annual Celebration Brings out Leadership of Business Community to Meet with WV Native

The Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration was "the networking event of the year," as one attendee put it.


The event highlighted the success of a successful West Virginian as its keynote speaker, Mr. Brad Smith, a Wayne County native, who is current the CEO of Intuit.

(Featured: Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit, Newton Thomas, Jack Rossi and Matt Ballard talk business at the Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration)

5/3 Bank and Intuit together at the Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration.

Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit and keynote speaker at the Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration here meets with Bob Welty of 5/3 Bank. 5/3 Bank is one of many businesses who support the Alliance and the Annual Celebration. Brad was generous with his time while in his native WV, meeting with business leaders from around the region.

Pictured, from left to right, Jack Rossi, Chairman of the Charleston Area Alliance, Brad Smith, and Bob Welty.

Annual Celebration, Celebrates Marshall Graduate.

Brad Smith,CEO of Intuit, and keynote speaker at the Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration not only made the Alliance Celebration a great event, but the evening was also a tribute to Brad and his alma mater, Marshall University.

Pictured here:

Dr. Steven Kopp, President Marshall Univeristy, Brad Smith, CEO Intuit, Bill Signorelli, Charleston Area Alliance Board and Security America and Matt Ballard, President of the Charleston Area Alliance

Annual Celebration

It was wonderful to have Park Chapman of Charleston Newspapers and Brad Ritchie of United Bank on hand to celebrate the success of the Charleston Area Alliance and to welcome WV native Brad Smith home to Charleston.

Smith was the keynote speaker at the Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration. Smith is the CEO of Intuit.

Pictured along with guests Brad Ritchie (far left) and Park Chapman (far right) is Jack Rossi, Chairman of the Charleston Area Alliance Board, Smith Center, and Matthew Ballard, President and CEO of the Charleston Area Alliance.

It was wonderful to host Brad Smith, President/CEO at the Charleston Area Alliance Annual Celebration. Here Brad Smith meets with a prospect company who was visiting Charleston from Italy considering Charleston as the location for their new US operations.

Looking on is Matt Ballard, President of the Charleston Area Alliance and Jack Rossi, Chairman of the Charleston Area Alliance.