Alice Maynard - Strategic Advisor
During her career, which spans over 25 years, Alice was employed in the IT industry for ten years, and the transport industry for five years, where she was responsible for disability strategy and policy in Network Rail and developed the strategic framework for social inclusion for Transport for London. The development of the strategy for Network Rail (Railtrack) involved extensive consultation with disabled people and their organisations. She was a member of the steering group for the Public Transport Gender Audit.
Alice gained her MBA from Ashridge in 1991. She is currently a part-time student at Cranfield University in the UK, studying for an Executive Doctorate (DBA). Her field of research is the value of disabled access in the economic appraisal of transport projects. Specific research undertaken included a multiple case study of the inclusion of disabled access issues in the economic appraisal of tram systems and a stated preference study of willingness to pay for methods of access for disabled people at rail stations.
She has over 10 years experience as a consultant, working for private sector organisations as diverse as Littlewoods and Arriva, public sector organisations such as Hampshire County Council and Transport for London, and voluntary sector organisations including Save the Children and the UK Disabled People's Council (formerly BCODP). She has been a visiting lecturer at Bradford University on their MA in Social Work and Social Care and at Reading University on their MSc in Inclusive Environments.
Alice is a member of the Human Genetics Commission, an Associate of the Employers' Forum on Disability, Chair of the Milton Keynes Race Equality Council and a member of the Jephson Housing Association Eastern Area Committee. She is a graduate of Common Purpose and is a member of their Advisory Group for Milton Keynes.