Lawrence A. Read
CEO

Lawrence Read is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Oil Changer, Inc., one of the largest, independently owned quick lube chains in the United States.

Starting production in 1986 with three employees, Oil Changer now employs over 400 employees with stores in Northern and Southern California.

Oil Changer is an Inc. 500 company and was selected as the 20th fastest growing privately held company in America during the past five years. Mr. Read was also awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award sponsored by Merrill Lynch, Ernst & Young, and the University of California.

Mr. Read is a charter member of the AOCA. He has been a leading entrepreneur in the insurance brokerage industry, founding IRI Marketing in 1969 and held the position of President and Chairman of the Board until 1982. In 1979, he was named to "Who's Who" in the insurance industry and has received numerous industry-marketing awards. Mr. Read serves on the Board of 3 companies and currently is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Presidential Life Insurance Company in New York.

Mr. Read is a graduate of Linfield College. He is married to his wife, Janet and has two children, 28 years and 27 years. He resides in Alamo, California.

Charles N. Pass
CFO

Charles Pass is Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors for Oil Changer, Inc. Prior to joining the Company in 1989, Mr. Pass had been Vice President of Finance and Administration for Milne Trucking Company, a subsidiary of Sun Carriers, commencing in 1985.

Mr. Pass is a Certified Public Accountant who has worked with several regional and national accounting firms. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts. Mr. Pass graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in accounting.

Eric Frankenberger
VP Operations

Eric Frankenberger has served as Vice President of Operation for Oil Changer, Inc. since December 2004. His vast experience in the company and the oil changing industry has propelled him into one of the highest positions within the management team of Oil Changer. His strong background includes serving two years as a Lube technician, 1 year as an Assistant Manager, 5 years as Service Center Manager and prior to his current position; he also served 4 successful years as Regional Manager for our San Diego Region. In addition to overseeing the day to day operations of Oil Changer, Eric is also a certified member of AOCA and is actively involved in AOCA Talk helping quick lube operators across the country to find ways to resolve the many vital fluid maintenance issues that arise as new vehicles enter the market.

John Denholm
Environmental Compliance Officer

John Denholm has been our Environmental Compliance Officer since 2004. John has been a true rising star at Oil Changer. In 1996, while a 16 year-old high school student, he began a part-time position at our Pleasanton Service Center where he primarily washed the windows and checked the tire pressure on customer vehicles. Once starting college at the University of San Francisco in 1999, he moved from his position at the service center to our corporate office in the Information Systems department. In 2003, John graduated form USF and shortly thereafter, was promoted to his current position. John currently serves as the Chairman of the Automotive Oil Change Association’s Government Affairs Committee and contributes regularly to industry publications. Besides his ongoing commitment to helping Oil Changer stay in environmental compliance and remain a responsible business within the local community, he regularly works with different levels of local, state and federal agencies to promote environmentally friendly business practices for the quick lube industry.

Amani McCockran
Regional Manager

Brian Jackson
Regional Manager

Brian is another great asset to our management team and currently manages the “Tri-valley” area facilities with a combined traffic of well over 65,000 vehicles serviced each year. Mr. Jackson is another member of our experienced team with over 6 years of management experience with Oil Changer. Brian’s experience in group management has helped him supervise the many employees who work in our Tri-Valley stores. Brian has been able to motivate his managers to work together as a team, to not only run their own facility, but to also network and share their expertise concerning new vehicles with employees at other facilities. He is also a current certified member of AOCA.

Josh Goins
Regional Manager

Josh is the regional manager for our San Diego region. Even though he only has four facilities, he has a very strong presence in the area with annual volume of over 37,000 vehicles serviced per year and thousands of happy customers. Josh joined us as a Regional Manager in 2005 but prior to this, he had been part of our organization for the past 5 years with 4 years as Manager. Josh’s dedication to providing the best possible service to each and every customer has kept our strong presence in the San Diego region. Josh is also a certified member of AOCA.

Mario Gonzalez
Regional Manager

Mario is another great asset to our management team. He rounds out the group in the Operations Management Team. Mario manages our Fresno area where he has been recognized as a leader servicing well over 20,000 vehicles per year. He is one of our most experienced Regional Managers with over 6 years as part of our management team, 7 years as Service Center Manager and over 16 years combined experience with Oil Changer. His Clovis, CA. store is one of our model stores when it comes to being “a local neighborhood store”. Mario is well-known in the Clovis area because of his great relationship with the Clovis community. Mario has been keeping thousands of happy customers coming back to our Fresno Service Centers and continues adding more each day with great customer service. Mario wants his customer for life, not just for one visit. He is also a certified member of AOCA.