President B. B. Greenberg Company Current: CEO Belvoir Properties, Inc. – Providence, Rhode Island
James R. Winoker is President of B. B. Greenberg Co., a jewelry manufacturer in Providence, Rhode Island. He was born in Providence and graduated from Brown University in 1953. He received his MBA degree from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1955. He has received an Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Roger Williams College. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955-58. Mr. Winoker is the Founding President of the Jewelry Institute and Founding Chairman of the Providence Industrial Development Corporation. He is a National Trustee of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and in 1989, was the recipient of their Brotherhood Award. He is a Director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, R. I. Hospital Trust National Bank, Original Bradford Soap Works, Narragansett Electric Company and the Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce Federation. In 1986 OCEAN STATE Magazine named him Businessman of the Year. He is a Trustee of Brown University, a Fellow of Brandeis University and serves on the President’s Council, Providence College. He serves on the National Campaign Board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Luck is the crossroads where preparation and opportunity meet … never forget that.”
