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Ron Ponder



Email:rponder@whbc.com
  • Born in Lafayette, Georgia, raised there and in Akron
  • Often called “one of the world’s last remaining renaissance men”
  • Owner, PonderSystems media and marketing
  • Independent Television producer (produces programs for PBS affiliates, network affiliates, cable systems, corporate clients...television programs, commercials, documentaries, such as the history of Stark County; producer of the weekly program, “The ESPN2 Local Sports Break”
  • Chairman of the Board, Coming Together Stark County (formerly Town Hall on Race Relations)
  • Board member, President William McKinley National Presidential Library   
  • Speechwriter for various national personalities
  • Former manifestations include: Deputy Mayor City of Canton
  • Former publisher/part owner of “The Stark County Advantage” newspaper
  • Former cardiac surgical assistant at Aultman Hospital 
    Former president of Stark County branch NAACP
  • Former guest columnist “The Canton Repository”
  • Favorite movies: High Noon, King Kong, Cabin in the Sky, The Bourne series, Malcolm X, Captain Blood  
  • Favorite music: jazz, blues, country (old), clean hip hop and rap, zydeco, Motown, oldies
  • Business motto: “have thought, will travel”
  • Political affiliation: Ponderian
  • Favorite books: Lord of the Rings trilogy
  • Attended The University of Akron and Kent State University
  • Something folks should know about me: I’m a corny guy! 

Personal advice:
when all else fails.....Pondeeeeeeer!