Our Team / Madeline Oliver
Madeline applies her background in community planning, clean and equitable mobility advocacy, climate policy research, and communications to support Better World Group’s transportation, environmental justice, and climate projects.
Madeline Oliver is a clean transportation policy and campaign strategist at Better World Group (BWG), where she specializes in advancing equitable transportation electrification across the United States. She leads multi-state initiatives to defend and expand zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) policies, coordinating coalitions, advising on policy design, and guiding communications strategy in complex political environments. Madeline brings expertise in campaign management, stakeholder engagement, and coalition building, with a strong focus on aligning environmental, labor, business, and community interests. Her notable work includes leading a national multi-state clean transportation campaign, coordinating successful adoption of clean car and truck standards in 10 states, and spearheading the development of the first-ever Clean Ports Report Card.
Prior to joining BWG, Madeline worked at the Napa County Bicycle Coalition, where she managed a Safe Routes to School program serving under-resourced communities and advanced local and state policies to promote active transportation and reduce emissions. She also contributed to environmental justice research and co-authored a report for CalEPA on equitable pathways to eliminate transportation fuel emissions.
Madeline holds a Master of Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Policy Analysis and Regional Planning from the University of California, Davis. She is a New Leaders Council Fellow, founding member of the Clean Mobility Collective, board member of California Walks, and former Vice President of the Association of Environmental Professionals’ Channel Counties Chapter.