Jackie Bowman Ponder

Jackie Bowman Ponder of Indianapolis, Indiana, combines legal expertise with hands-on experience in pork production. She co-owns Bowman Family Holdings, Inc., managing 23,000 sows, marketing 200,000 pigs annually, and farming 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans.

Jackie holds a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University, a Juris Doctor from Indiana University McKinney School of Law, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

She has been an active leader in the pork industry, working with Indiana Pork Producers Association on lobbying and government relations, participating in NPPC’s Washington, D.C. fly-ins, and serving on the 2024 NPPC Strategic Planning Committee. Beyond agriculture, Jackie has held leadership roles as the president of Beacon of Hope Center for Women and as a trustee and vice president of the Center Grove Community School Corporation.