---
type: Person
title: "Mel Ponder"
description: "Commissioner, Okaloosa County — Okaloosa County, FL"
role: "Commissioner, Okaloosa County"
level: "county"
branch: "legislative"
state: "FL"
contact:
  phone: "(850) 651-7105"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-01"
  current: true
ids:
  person: "ad67b4c2-6b0d-4e23-99d1-53bd4589c0e7"
  office: "a90b4c47-03ad-4d29-ac03-d893b5de0267"
  tenure: "91a2fd0e-29d1-4b60-844c-5cf0444a4875"
  jurisdiction: "431fb195-6b63-4c8e-9bf1-45e8a0d851e7"
sources:
  - field: office
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: tenure
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census TIGER 2024"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, county, legislative, fl]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Mel Ponder

Current Commissioner, Okaloosa County (Okaloosa County, FL).

## Sources

- office: Florida Association of Counties
- tenure: Florida Association of Counties
- jurisdiction: Census TIGER 2024

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).