ABOUT US
Oil Change International is a research, communications, and advocacy organization focused on exposing the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitating the ongoing transition to clean energy.
OUR STORY
Oil Change International (OCI) is a research, communications, and advocacy organization focused on exposing the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitating the ongoing transition to clean energy. Rooted in community solidarity and principled policy analysis, we work within larger movements to build a fossil free future.
Founded in 2005, Oil Change International now has a talented, experienced, and dedicated international team of twenty, backed by hundreds of thousands of supporters. We are data driven and people powered.
OUR STAFF

Elizabeth Bast
Executive Director
ebast@priceofoil.org
Elizabeth Bast is the Executive Director of Oil Change International. She has over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of environmental and social justice issues, pressuring governments and financial institutions to protect the climate, the environment, and communities.
Read More...

Charlie Furman
Technology & Data Manager
charlie@priceofoil.org
Charlie is the Technology and Data Manager at Oil Change International where he leads our efforts to build and maintain the tools to bring about a just transition to a clean energy system that leaves no one behind.
Read More...

Romain Ioualalen
Global Policy Campaign Manager
romain@priceofoil.org
@rlalen
Romain Ioualalen is the Global Policy Campaign Manager at Oil Change International where he works to build the political conditions for a just and equitable phase out of the fossil fuel industry globally.
Read More...

Vickal Khadka
Operations Manager
vickal@priceofoil.org
Vickal Khadka is the Operations Manager at Oil Change International, where he supports the organization’s administrative, financial, and fundraising needs and ensures the smooth functioning of OCI’s Washington, DC office.
Read More...

Aneesa Khan
Senior Communications Officer
aneesa@priceofoil.org
@aneesa_khan95
Aneesa Khan is the Senior Communications Officer at Oil Change International and she supports content creation as well as the development of innovative products and tools to support the dissemination of those materials.
Read More...

Silje Ask Lundberg
Senior Campaigner
silje@priceofoil.org
@SiljeLundberg
Silje Ask Lundberg is a Senior Campaigner at Oil Change International where she leads the work on a just and managed decline of North Sea oil and gas production.
Read More...

Matt Maiorana
Communications Director
matt@priceofoil.org
@mattmaiorana
Matt Maiorana is Oil Change International’s Communications Director, where he manages the organization’s communication efforts and infrastructure.
Read More...

Thuli Makama
Africa Program Director
thuli@priceofoil.org
Thuli Brilliance Makama is Oil Change International’s Africa Program Director, providing strategic direction and campaign support for the organization’s work in Africa. Thuli works closely with civil society organizations and other stakeholders in the Africa region to shift energy finance towards clean energy access and to expose the impacts of fossil fuel projects.
Read More...

Alex Ortiz
Communications Officer
alex.ortiz@priceofoil.org
@ClimateOfAlex
Alex Ortiz is a Communications Officer at Oil Change International, where he supports the Communications Team and is working to accelerate the youth climate movement in its just transition to a world free of fossil fuels.
Read More...

Collin Rees
U.S. Program Manager
collin@priceofoil.org
@collinrees
Collin Rees is the U.S. Program Manager at Oil Change International working to stop the expansion of the fossil fuel industry, support grassroots resistance against dirty infrastructure, end public support for oil, gas, and coal, and wind down fossil fuel production with a just and equitable transition.
Read More...

Andrew Rowell
Contributing Editor, Priceofoil.org
andy@priceofoil.org
@andy_rowell
When not blogging for Oil Change, Andy is a freelance writer and journalist specializing in environmental issues. He has written about the oil industry and climate change for twenty years and his books include: ‘The Next Gulf’ and ‘Green Backlash’.
Read More...

Susan Rubinstein
Operations & Finance Director
susan@priceofoil.org
Susan Rubinstein is the Operations & Finance Director at Oil Change International, where she manages administrative, financial, and fundraising activities.
Read More...

Lorne Stockman
Research Co-Director
lorne@priceofoil.org
@LorneStockman
Lorne Stockman is the Research Co-Director at Oil Change International, where he researches and analyzes developments in the North American oil industry.
Read More...

David Tong
Global Industry Campaign Manager
david.tong@priceofoil.org
@Davidxvx
David is the Global Industry Campaign Manager at Oil Change International. His work focuses on building public support for a managed decline to wind down fossil fuel production, with a just and equitable transition.
Read More...

Kelly Trout
Research Co-Director
kelly@priceofoil.org
@kellyatrout
Kelly Trout is the Research Co-Director at Oil Change International, focusing on pathways to rapidly and equitably phase out oil and gas production.
Read More...

Bronwen Tucker
Global Public Finance Campaign Co-Manager
bronwen@priceofoil.org
@bronwentucker
Bronwen Tucker is the Global Public Finance Co-Manager at Oil Change International, focusing on shifting public finance and subsidies towards a fair and 100% renewable future.
Read More...

Laurie van der Burg
Global Public Finance Campaign Co-Manager
laurie@priceofoil.org
@LaurievdBurg
Laurie is the Global Public Finance Co-Manager at Oil Change International. Her work focuses on ensuring a just transition through moving governments and financial institutions away from continued financing and permitting the expansion of oil and gas.
Read More...

Susanne Wong
Asia Program Manager
susanne@priceofoil.org
@susanneir
Susanne Wong is the Asia Program Manager at Oil Change International. She works with an international and Japanese-led coalition to end the Japanese government’s financing of coal.
Read More...

Stephen Kretzmann
Founder
@Kretzmann
Stephen Kretzmann founded Oil Change International in 2005 in order to educate about the true impacts of fossil fuels, to conduct research, education, and organizing to hasten the transition to clean energy.
Read More...
OUR BOARD
Nnimmo Bassey
Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation
Thomas Cavanagh, Co-Chair
Executive Director, Bandaloop
Renato Redentor Constantino
Executive Director, Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities
John Durkalski, Treasurer
Partner, Butsavage & Durkalski, P.C.
D. Cole Frates
Co-Founder, Renewables Resources Group & EndOil
Leslie Harroun, Vice Chair
Senior Fellow for Strategic Initiatives, Democracy Collaborative
Jonathan G. Kaufman
Executive Director, Advocates for Community Alternatives
Jennifer Krill
Executive Director, Earthworks
Melissa B. Mills, Secretary
Genetic Counselor, Stanford Children’s Hospital
Analía Penchaszadeh
Organizational Development Practitioner and Facilitator
Pallavi Phartiyal
Deputy Executive Director, Rainforest Action Network
Sandra N. Smithey, Co-Chair
Director, Program & Philanthropic Engagement
Shine Campaign
Rebecca Solnit
Writer