Janet Greenip (born August 10, 1947, in Cincinnati, Ohio[1]) is an American former Republican State Senator from Crofton, Maryland, representing District 33 from 2003 through 2009.
[1] 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.
When incumbent Maryland State Senator Bob Neall switched parties from the GOP to the Democratic party, Janet Greenip ran against and defeated him, even though he had previously been the Anne Arundel County Executive from 1990 to 1994.
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.