Councilman John Dingfelder, District 4
Councilman John Dingfelder was elected
to represent South Tampa on City Council in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. In
April 2005, Councilman Dingfelder was appointed to the HART Board of
Directors to represent the City of Tampa. He was elected Chair Pro Tem in
2007. He currently represents HART on the MPO, is Chair of City Council's
Transportation Committee, and serves as Council’s representative on the
Council of Governments and Public Transportation Committee. John also serves
on the Advisory Board of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay.
When not doing his government work, John practices law with the Scarritt
Dingfelder Law Group. Previous legal service saw John serving the public as
an Assistant County Attorney and in the Public Defender’s Office. A native
of Tampa (born at TGH) John took off from practicing law for three years to
teach at Robinson High School and Booker T. Washington Magnet School.
Prior to his election to Council, John served as a member of the Tampa
Variance Review Board, President of the Davis Islands Civic Association, a
Board member on the County Hospital Authority at Tampa General Hospital and
on the County's Health Care Advisory Board. John also served his community
as Vice President of the Palma Ceia Neighborhood Association, the Save The
Gandy (Friendship) Bridge Committee, the County's Consumer Protection Board,
the Rotary Club of Ybor City, the Tampa Audubon Society, the County's
Landscape and Land Alteration Variance Review Board, and Habitat For
Humanity. He has coached with the Bayshore (Davis Islands) Little League and
the YMCA (Interbay) Youth Soccer program.
John received his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Florida.
Additionally, he attended a year of law school at F.S.U.'s College of Law
and also has as an M.S. in Agriculture from VPI in Virginia. John is married
to Lynn and they have three grown children.
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