James E. “Jeb” Ball

Commissioner James E. (Jeb) Ball is a life-long resident of Baldwin County and lives in Bay Minette with his wife Allison and their daughter.

Commissioner Ball currently serves as the Guest Services Coach at City Hope Church in Bay Minette where he and his family attend. Commissioner Ball is a member of the State of Alabama Republican Party, a member of the Baldwin County Republican Party, an associate member of both the Eastern Shore and South Baldwin Republican Women, an associate member of the Eastern Shore, South Baldwin, Central Baldwin, and Coastal Alabama Chambers of Commerce, and a business member of the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce. Commissioner Ball is a member of the Bay Minette Rotary Club, serving as the current President for the organization.

Commissioner Ball is a graduate of Baldwin County High School in Bay Minette and of the Troy State University in Troy, Alabama, where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

While in college, during summer breaks Commissioner Ball was a helper for the Baldwin County Board of Education, assisting the Board with carpentry and remodeling projects. After graduating college, he worked for the Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office as an Environmental Investigator and Criminal Trial Coordinator. In 1997 he took a job with Baldwin Court Services serving as a Court Referral Officer for ten years. In 2007 he started Baldwin Substance Services, Inc. Since 2007, he serves as the Program Director and an Educational Instructor for the Court Referral Education Programs that serve Baldwin County.

A Republican, Commissioner Ball is currently serving his first term on the Baldwin County Commission.