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 Cam Ward
Republican - House District 49
Representative Cam Ward graduated from
Troy State University
in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in International Relations and
Political Science. He then received a Juris Doctorate of Law from
Cumberland School of Law, at Samford University
in Birmingham.
Cam served as Deputy Attorney General in the
Alabama State Auditor’s Office from April 1996 until December 1997.
In 1998, he joined the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office as
Confidential Assistant to the Secretary of State.
From November 1998 to June 2001, Cam worked as District Director for
Congressman Spencer Bachus of
Birmingham.
In June 2001, Cam accepted the
position of Executive Director of the Industrial Development Board
of Alabaster. In his current role he actively recruits new business
for Alabaster and works closely with current business owners to help
develop a positive atmosphere for economic growth.
Cam has also been active in numerous civic
organizations. He previously served on the Board of Directors for
the Shelby County Economic and Industrial Development Authority, the
Shelby County Salvation Army and was Chairman of the Board of
Directors for the Developing Alabama’s Youth (DAY) Program in
Shelby
County. Currently Cam
serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Shelby Education
Foundation, YMCA of Alabaster, Court Appointed Special Advocates,
the American Village
and Arc of Shelby County. He also previously served as a member of
the Board of Directors for Alabaster/Pelham Rotary from 1999 to
2003. Recently he was
reappointed to the Board of Directors for
Leadership Shelby County.
In 2000 and again 2002 Cam was selected from a nationwide pool of
candidates to participate in the
Marshall Memorial
Fellowship Program and U.S.-Spain Council in
Europe
where he spent time in eight different countries interacting with
government officials. In 2003, Cam was selected to participate in
the American
Council of Young Political Leaders as he traveled to
Romania
and Hungary
for two weeks to interact with civic and community leaders.
Cam again participated in an ACYPL exchange in 2005 where he led a
delegation to Brazil.
Cam has been a member of the Alabama Republican
Party State Executive Committee since 1999 and was elected as an
alternate delegate for George W. Bush to the 2000 and 2004
Republican National Conventions.
In 2002 and again in 2004, Cam was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives
for District 49. Cam is married to
the former Julie Cain and they have one daughter, Riley. The Wards
are members of Westwood Baptist Church
in Alabaster
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