James C Roddey was an American businessman and politician in Pennsylvania best known for being the first chief executive of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, from 2000 to 2004.
12 Facts About Jim Roddey
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Jim Roddey was a Republican and was the chair of the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, from 2005 until 2016.
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Jim Roddey graduated from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas with a degree in speech.
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Jim Roddey was a former United States Marine Corps captain, and moved to Pittsburgh in 1979.
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Jim Roddey served on the boards of Turner Communication Corp, Rollins Communication Corp, and others.
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Jim Roddey was an emeritus trustee of the University of Pittsburgh and has received three honorary doctorates from various institutions.
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Jim Roddey once was the head of the company Wexford Health Sources.
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In 1998, Jim Roddey was appointed by the commissioners to manage a successful campaign to replace that system to a new system composed of a single Chief Executive and a 15-member County Council.
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Jim Roddey argued along with the commissioners that this would more evenly distribute representation as the previous system tended to have commissioners predominantly from Pittsburgh, rather than other towns and communities in the county.
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Jim Roddey won his race against Democrat Cyril Wecht, although Democrats won the majority of the seats on the new Council.
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In 2003, Jim Roddey ran for reelection but lost to Dan Onorato.
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Jim Roddey was elected chair of the Allegheny County Republican Party in 2005.