Spring 2026 - Nashville

Make Better Decisions – TFLEx Spring 2026 Workshop
April 20-21, 2026 | Nashville, Tennessee

Finance is called upon to play a central role in gathering, analyzing and organizing data to meet agency accounting and regulatory requirements, provide information to agency management to oversee grants, projects, and day-to-day operations – with a view to long-term financial sustainability. Key steps include identifying ongoing improvement opportunities, determining changed obligations, understanding resultant requirements, and implementing new business processes and systems – in concert with change management. Transit finance officers from across the country gathered in Nashville to share strategies regarding the Finance role in accounting and financial process and system improvements, with a view to making better decisions.

Workshop objectives – After attending the conference, participants are able to:

• Describe the Finance role in gathering, analyzing and organizing data to meet agency accounting and regulatory requirements and provide information to agency management.
• Identify ongoing improvement opportunities, and the process to determine resulting requirements.
• Determine past and desired Finance future state role in system implementation and change management.
• Explain system implementation pitfalls and victories experienced by sister agencies.
• Define the process to assess agency reporting and information requirements, identify options, and manage process changes.
• Illustrate and share best practices through structured, participative, conversation sessions with other transit agencies.

Economic and Market Discussion - Brent Wright, Senior Investment Consultant
April 21, 2026 from Regions Asset Management

Change Nirvana: Revolutionize Your Organization's Approach to Change
Propel Change Global

Transit Industry: Trends & Traps In Process Improvement
Brad Schelle & Glendon Haney

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