As Assistant City Manager, Ruffin Hall is responsible for developing policies that guide and
manage the growth of the City. This involves coordination of the Transportation Focus Area
including planning, transportation, land use, and economic development initiatives. He
is tasked with serving as liaison for the City Manager’s Office to Charlotte Area Transit
System (CATS), Charlotte Department of Transportation, Engineering & Property Management
and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department. He is the staff resource for City Council
Committee that advances the focus areas of Transportation and Planning.
Hall joined the City of Charlotte in 2001 as Assistant Budget & Evaluation Director in the
City Manager’s Office. He was appointed Interim Director and named Director in 2002. In
this role, Hall has been responsible for the development and oversight of the City’s annual
operating budget and five-year capital investment plan.
RUFFIN L. HALL
Assistant City Manager
City of Charlotte
600 East
Fourth Street,
Charlotte, NC
28202
704.336.2241
He began his public service career in 1995 as a Management Auditor with the City of
Wilmington, North Carolina, and in 1998 became Assistant to the Town Manager of Chapel
Hill, North Carolina.
He received a master’s degree in Public Administration and a bachelor’s degree in Political
Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a graduate of the Senior
Executive Institute through the University of Virginia and the Senior Executives in State
and Local Government program through Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Hall is
also a graduate of the Public Executive Leadership Academy through the UNC-Chapel Hill
School of Government.
Hall is a member of the International City/County Management Association and the North
Carolina City and County Management Association. He is also a member of the North
Carolina Local Government Budget Association and its former President.
Hall grew up just outside of Fayetteville, N.C. He lives in Charlotte with his wife, Cynthia,
and three children, Abby, Maggie and Thomas.
Experience
• Assistant City Manager – City of Charlotte (2012 - present)
• Budget and Evaluation Director – City of Charlotte (2002 – 2011)
• Assistant Budget and Evaluation Director – City of Charlotte – (2001 – 2002)
• Senior Budget and Management Analyst – City of Durham, NC (1999 – 2001)
• Assistant to Town Manager – Town of Chapel Hill, NC (1998 – 1999)
• Management Auditor - City of Wilmington, NC (1995-1998)
Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Graduate of the Senior Executive Institute through the University of Virginia
• Graduate of the Senior Executives in State and Local Government program through Harvard’s Kennedy
School of Government
• Graduate of the Public Executive Leadership Academy through the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government
Membership/Affiliation
• International City/County Management Association
• North Carolina City and County Management Association
• North Carolina Local Government Budget Association
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MPA Alumni Association