WeGo Public Transit announces retirement of CFO Oliphant

NASHVILLE& –& Edward W. Oliphant is retiring as the Chief Financial Officer for& WeGo& Public Transit, effective June 1. He was appointed to the position in October 2002, serving as& Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (Nashville MTA) first CFO. Since 2008, he has also served as CFO of the Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee (RTA) as part of a management agreement with the Nashville MTA. Oliphant has been on the Davidson Transit Organization (DTO) Board of Directors, the 501c3 nonprofit that serves as the employment arm of& WeGo& Public Transit, throughout his tenure, holding the office of DTO president from 2014 to 2022.& He also held the position of Secretary and Treasurer on the DTO Pension Board, which now manages more than $70 million in assets. In 2013, Oliphant was named the& Nashville Business Journal& CFO of the Year in Middle Tennessee in the nonprofit division, and in 2014, he served as Interim Chief Executive Officer for& WeGo. During his time as CFO, the annual operating budget has grown from approximately $26 million and 325 employees to an annual budget of more than $130 million and 800 employees. Prior to& WeGo, Oliphant was the director of finance at Private Business...