Janet Greenip
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| Janet Greenip | |
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State Senate District 33
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 8, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Robert R. Neall |
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| Succeeded by | incumbant |
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State Delegate District 33A
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| In office January 11, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Elizabeth S. Smith & John G. Gary |
| Succeeded by | Anthony McConkey |
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| Born | August 10, 1947 Cincinnati, OH |
| Political party | Republican |
| Religion | Methodist |
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[edit] Background
Janet Greenip is a State Senator in the Maryland State Senate, representing District 33, which covers the majority of Anne Arundel County. She won her seat by defeating Democrat Robert R. Neall. Neall, a former Republican State Senator, paid the price for switching parties as his district tossed him out of office in favor of Greenip. [1] In 2006, she held on to her seat defeating Democratic contender Scott Hymes with over 56% of the vote.
[edit] Education
Greenip received her B.A. in education in 1969 from Miami University in Oxford, OH.
[edit] Career
After college, Greenip had a career as a math teacher and statistician. In 1994, she ran for the Maryland House of Delegates and won a seat in District 33, along with fellow Republican, Robert C. Baldwin, and Democrat, Marsha G. Perry. One of the seats that was vacated was that of former Delegate John G. Gary, who was elected as the County Executive of Anne Arundel County. Now as a Republican member of state House of Delegates, she faced a daunting task working in the overwhelmingly Democratic Maryland General Assembly. There was little hope of chairing a committee, but Greenip was selected as a member of the House Ways and Means committee.
Now as a Republican member of the State Senator, she faces the same situation. She was selected as a member of the Education, Health & Environmental Affairs Committee.
Greenip has been a long-term active member of the Republican Party. She was President of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women from 1990-92. She is a current member of the Greater Crofton Republican Women. the Elephant Club, the Severna Park Republican Women, the Republican Women of Anne Arundel County, the Republican Professional Women and the West County Republican Club.
Greenip serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Crofton Civic Association (district director; member, rules committee). She was a member of the Board of Directors for Helping Hand, Inc. from 1988 until 1991. Greenip was selected as Woman of the Year by the Republican Women of Anne Arundel County in 1990 and received as an award from Helping Hand, Inc., in 1991. Finally, she was selected as Hero of the Taxpayer by the Maryland Taxpayers Association in 2001.
