Profile: Jim Greenwood, Biotechnology Industry Organization
- August 16, 2006 |
- CEO Update
August 17, 2006 From embryonic stem cell research debates to advocacy for biotech foods and crops, BIO has been on the front line of legislative battles and in national headlines as one of the fastest-growing industries in the country. Enter Jim Greenwood, a career politician who started out as a social worker and then spent the next 26 years in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania State Senate and in Congress. He left politics and became the president and CEO of BIO in 2005, as the organization began to ramp up its lobbying initiatives and prepared to take the stem cell debate for a legislative showdown in Washington. Greenwood spoke to CEO Update… Read More