Ron Littlefield is a professional city planner with 34 years of experience working with cities, counties, states and private sector organizations.

He was the first director of Chattanooga’s combined city/county/chamber of commerce economic development office where, in 1981, he initiated the annual ritual of leadership visits to dynamic cities such as Indianapolis, Baltimore and Charlotte that have inspired a number of major Chattanooga projects.

In 1984, he was an incorporator and initial Executive Director of Chattanooga Venture where he led the successful Vision 2000 planning program – credited with shaping the communities grand scale ideas for riverfront and downtown redevelopment.

Subsequently, he was elected Commissioner of Public Works for the City of Chattanooga where he had opportunities to implement plans for restoration of the Walnut Street Bridge and construction of streets, sewers and other infrastructure associated with the Tennessee Aquarium and related projects.

Later following a change in the form of local government, he became the first Chairman of the new Chattanooga City Council and helped to guide the community’s transition from the old form of government to the new.

During an eight-year hiatus from public office, Littlefield worked as a planning consultant for a number of public and private clients on a wide variety of development projects.  In 1998, he was recruited by Mayor Jon Kinsey to assist with proposals for a high-speed passenger rail connection between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

In April of 2001, he was reelected to the Chattanooga City Council from District Six and ultimately was selected by fellow council members to serve once again as Chairman for FY 2002-03.