predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name alma_mater
office created bob glancy dan onorato asheville , north carolina republican allegheny republican party county chief executive chairperson of the allegheny county 1935 january 3 , 2000 december 14 , 2005 pittsburgh , pennsylvania jim roddey
 january 2 , 2004 jim roddey texas christian university
jim roddey

james c. `` jim '' roddey -lrb- born 1935 -rrb- is a pennsylvania businessman and politician best known as the former -lrb- and first -rrb- chief executive of allegheny county , pennsylvania , from 2000 to 2004 .
he is a republican and currently serves as the chair of the republican committee of allegheny county .
