The director of marketing and public relations for Shape Up Sisters gym and the Shape Up Vicksburg will speak at the March 1 meeting of Vicksburg Association of Marketing Professionals.

Linnie Wheeless, who has worked as a senior manager and marketing director for a consulting firm that dealt with entertainment guilds and unions in Beverly Hills, received a law degree at Loyola University Chicago and has studied improvisation, sketch comedy and acting. She performed in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles and then coming home to Vicksburg.

The meeting is at noon at Ameristar’s Heritage Buffet. Lunch is $12.

For more information contact vicksburgmarketing@yahoo.com.