HR418 Summary

• Commends Johnny Ponder on being named 2013 Citizen of the Year by the Talladega Chamber of Commerce.

• Ponder is a 1967 graduate of Munford High School who has served on the Talladega County Board of Education as District 3 representative since 1994.

• He served in the Alabama Army National Guard from 1969 to 1977 and worked as a procurement forester for Georgia Pacific from 1974 to 2008.

• Ponder was nominated for the Helene Mosley Environmental Award for his dedication to conservation and management of Alabama's forests.

• He has been a member of Munford United Methodist Church since 1961 and is married to Debbie with two sons, one daughter, three granddaughters, and two grandsons.