Jim Greenwood (American politician) Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

Greenwood is a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival’s advisory board. Greenwood is also a member of Marine Conservation Biology Institute’s board of directors. In 2014, Greenwood joined the board of directors of the National Audubon Society. Additionally, he is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.

Greenwood was the president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) from 2005 to 2020. BIO represents more than 1,200 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers, and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of healthcare, agriculture, industrial and environmental biotechnology products.

Greenwood became president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) in 2004.

Greenwood announced in the midst of the 2004 congressional election that he would not seek re-election and retire. He had already won the 8th district’s Republican primary, and his abrupt withdrawal raised many questions. Greenwood released a statement saying: “From time to time during my twenty four years of public service, I have been approached and offered other types of challenges and opportunities. Such has been the case in the last few days, and I am currently reviewing one of these opportunities. I will make my decision public in the very near future and will have no other statement until then.” Bucks County Commissioner Mike Fitzpatrick was selected as the new Republican nominee in a special party convention, and went on to win the general election.

As a centrist with libertarian views on social issues and conservative stances on taxes and economic issues, Greenwood’s overall voting record was moderate. He was known as an effective legislator. He voted against two of the four impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton in 1998, and sided with the House Democrats to oppose Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003. He also served on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and was Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. In this role, he led investigations and held hearings on a variety of issues within the vast jurisdiction of the Committee including corporate governance, bioterrorism, port and border security, drug importation, and the safety of nuclear power plants.

*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1996, write-ins received 12 votes. In 1998, Natural Law candidate Carolyn Boyce received 1,022 votes and write-ins received 15 votes. In 2002, write-ins received 34 votes.

Greenwood served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 143rd district from 1981 to 1986 and the Pennsylvania Senate for the 10th district from 1987 to 1992. In 1992, Greenwood defeated Democratic Congressman Peter H. Kostmayer for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania’s 8th district.

Greenwood was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Holland, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College with a B.A. in sociology in 1973, served as an aide to state representative John S. Renninger and as a houseparent for children with intellectual disabilities and emotional disorders. From 1977 until 1980, he was a caseworker for the Bucks County Children and Youth Social Service Agency, working with abused and neglected children.

James Charles Greenwood (born May 4, 1951) is an American politician in the Republican Party. He represented Pennsylvania’s Eighth Congressional District for six terms in the United States House of Representatives.