Full Name:
James 'Jim' T. Kolbe
Gender:
Male
Family:
Divorced
Birth Date:
06/28/1942
Birth Place:
Evanston, IL
Home City:
Tucson, AZ
Religion:
Methodist
MBA, Economics, Stanford University, 1967
BA, Political Science, Northwestern University, 1965
Attended, International School of America, 1962-1963
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1985-2007
Senator, Arizona State Senate, 1976-1982
Republican Nominee, United States House of Representatives, 1982
Majority Whip, Arizona State Senate, 1979-1980
Experience, Arizona-Mexico Commission
Experience, Border Caucus
Co Chair, Competitiveness Caucus
Co Chair, Congressional Economic Leadership Institute
Co Chair, Congressional Study Group on Mexico
Co Chair, Economic Security 2001 Congressional Economic Leadership Institute
Experience, Homeland Security Caucus
Experience, House Page Board
Experience, House Wednesday Group
Experience, Impact Aid Coalition
Experience, Internet Caucus
Experience, Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus
Co Chair, National Commission on Retirement Policy
Experience, National Guard and Reserve Components Organization
Member, Pacific Council on International Policy
Experience, Policy Committee
Co Chair, Public Pension Reform Caucus
Co Chair, Task Force on US-China Policy
Chair, Transatlantic Policy Network
Experience, US-Mexico Caucus
Chair, US-Mexico Interparlimentary Group
Assistant, Illinois Building Authority Architect, 1970-72
Assistant, Illinois Governor's Office, 1972-73
Consultant, Real Estate Development and Political Affairs
Vice President, Wood Canyon Corporation
United States Navy Reserve, 1970-1977
Lieutenant, United States Navy, Vietnam, 1965-1969
Page, Senator Barry Goldwater, 1958-1960
Board Member, America-Isreal Friendship League
Board Member, Arizona Council for CASA Incorporated
Experience, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Experience, Casa de los Ninos Crisis Nursery
Member, Council on the Americas
Director, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Experience, Friends of Kartchner Caverns
Member, HIV/AIDS Task Force
Member, House Page Board
Experience, Impact Aid Coalition
Member, Inter-American Dialogue
Board of Directors, International Republican Institute
Board of Trustees, Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts
Board of Trustees, Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts
Experience, Muscular Dystrophy Association
Member, National Campaign To Prevent Teenage Pregnancy
Member, Republican Main Street Partnership
Member, Rural Health Care Coalition
Advisory Board, Tucson Shalom House
Board Member, Tuscon Community Food Bank
Member, World Economic Forum
Board of Directors, Wright Flight Incorporated
Astrological Sign:
Cancer
Awards:
-National 4-H Hall of Fame, 2002