Annual Report 2000

Appendix D: DPTAC membership as at 1 January 2001

Chair

Jane Wilmot OBE
Jane is the first woman to chair DPTAC and the first Chair with a sensory impairment - she is deaf. She has been a member of DPTAC since 1995. Jane sits on the Rail and the Rail Exemption Working Groups but also attends other Working Groups. As Chair of DPTAC she is also an ex-officio member of the Commission for Integrated Transport and an observer to the Disability Rights Commission. Jane is the Vice-Chair of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, a Vice President of Disability Alliance, a member of Hammersmith and Fulham Community Health Council and the Tourism for all Consortium. Jane is also a Trustee of the City Parochial Foundation, Hammersmith and Fulham Action for Disability, and Tripscope.

Members

Jean Ashcroft MBE
Jean has a mobility impairment, and sometimes uses a wheelchair. She has been a member of DPTAC since 1992. Jean is Chair of the DPTAC Taxi Working Group, and sits on the DPTAC Built Environment, Rail, Rail Exemption, Ferries and Personal Mobility Working Groups. She is a Public Policy Consultant for Arthritis Care and a Trustee of the Forum of Mobility Centres.

Peter Barker OBE
Peter is blind and has been a DPTAC member since 1995. He is Chairman of the new DPTAC Built Environment Working Group^[1] and sits on the DPTAC Ferries, Rail, Rail Exemption and Personal Mobility Working Groups. Peter is the Manager of the JMU Access Partnership (of the RNIB/Guide Dogs for the Blind Association), a member of the Pedestrian Policy Group, the Access Advisory Panel of the Royal Opera House, and the Access Advisory Panel of the NMEC. Peter is also the trustee Director of Tripscope, the National Information Forum, and is a founder member of the National Register of Access Consultants.

Ed Bassford
Ed has been a DPTAC member since 1999. He sits on the DPTAC Bus & Coach, and Taxi Working Groups. Ed is the Group Manager (Passenger Transport) at East Sussex County Council.

Jean Dunlop
Jean is a wheelchair user, and has been a DPTAC member since 1997. She sits on the DPTAC Ferries, and Taxi Working Groups. Jean was formerly Chair of the Strathclyde Forum on Disability.

Peter Field MBE
Peter is a wheelchair user, and has been a DPTAC member since 1999. He sits on the DPTAC Aviation, Built Environment and Personal Mobility and Rail Working Groups. Peter is Treasurer of the Countryside Access Group of the Disabled Drivers Association, a trustee to The National Federation of Shopmobility, and to RADAR. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of FAST (Foundation for the Advancement of Assistive Technology).

Rubina Hassanali
Rubina has a visual and mobility impairment. She has been a DPTAC member since 1999. She sits on the DPTAC Bus & Coach, Rail and Taxi working Groups. Rubina works for Westminster City Council and has a great deal of experience of transport and access issues.

Joe Hennessy OBE
Joe is a wheelchair user. He had previously sat as a DPTAC member between 1985 -1995, and was re-appointed in 1999. He is Chair of the DPTAC Ferries Working Group, and sits on the DPTAC Aviation, Rail and, Taxi Working Groups. Joe is a Governor of Motability, the National Vice-Chairman of the Disabled Drivers' Association, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Mobility for Disabled People, Vice-Chairman of emPower, and a member of Tripscope.

Tony Kennan
Tony has been a DPTAC member since 1993. He is Chairman of the DPTAC Bus & Coach Working Group. Tony is a trustee of the MS Society, and also a member of Tripscope.

Cllr Janet Kirk
Janet has a mobility impairment, and has been a DPTAC member since 1999. She sits on the DPTAC Bus and Coach, Personal Mobility, Rail and Taxi working groups. She is a Parish Councillor, and within the union of MSF (Manufacturing, Science and Finance) is Chair of the Regions Disability Employment Advisory Committee, and Vice-Chair of the MSF National Disability Employment Advisory Committee. Janet is also the co-Chair of the Labour Party's Disabled Members Group.

Valerie Lang MBE
Valerie has cerebral palsy, and has been a DPTAC member since 1993. She sits on the DPTAC Aviation, Taxi and Personal Mobility and Rail Working Groups and the Rail Exemption Committee. She is also the Chair of the DPTAC London Task Group. Valerie is a trustee of Mobility Choice, CARIS (Church Action and Response in Society) and HomeShare. She is a member of the P.C.C of St James's Church, Prebend Street, the Islington Deanery Synod, and was a member of the London Diocesan Synod up to the Autumn of 2000.

Sir Peter Large CBE
Sir Peter is a wheelchair user, and a founder member of DPTAC. He was appointed in 1986. Sir Peter sits on the DPTAC Built Environment and Personal Mobility Working Groups. He is a member of the Joint Committee on Mobility for the Disabled, and the Association of Disabled Professionals; he was former Chair of both these Groups. Sir Peter is also a Governor of Motability, and a member of RADAR (the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation).

Grahame Lawson
Grahame has been a member of DPTAC since 1995. He is Chairman of the DPTAC Personal Mobility Working Group, and sits on the Built Environment Working Group. Grahame is Head of Planning and Transportation for North Lanarkshire Council, and a member of the Scottish Society of Directors of Planning, Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland, and Chairman of SCOTS Working Party on Flooding.

Peter Lee
Peter has been a DPTAC member since 1999. He sits on the DPTAC Bus & Coach Working Group. Peter is the Chairman (Northern Region) of the Coach Commission, and Chairman of the National Express Contractors Association.

Bert Massie CBE
Bert is a wheelchair user, and was appointed to DPTAC in 1986. He is the Chairman of the DPTAC Rail and Rail Exemption Working Groups, and sits on the DPTAC Aviation Working Group. Bert is the Chairman of the DRC (Disability Rights Commission), Vice-Chairman and trustee of Tripscope, and Deputy Vice-President (Europe) of Rehabilitation International.

Jenny Meadows
Jenny has been a member of DPTAC since 1995. She sits on the DPTAC Personal Mobility and Bus & Coach Working Groups. Jenny is the Director of the Community Transport Association.

Dorothy Rhodes MBE
Dorothy has a walking impairment, and sometimes requires the use of a wheelchair. She has been a DPTAC member since 1992. Dorothy sits on the Bus & Coach, Ferries and Personal Mobility Working Groups. She is the National President of Pensioners' Voice.

Cath Simpson
Cath is visually impaired, and has been a DPTAC member since 1995. She sits on the DPTAC Built Environment and Personal Mobility Working Groups. Cath is an advisor to visually impaired people.

Carol Thomas
Carol has been a DPTAC member since 1999. She sits on the DPTAC Aviation, Rail, and Personal Mobility Working Groups. Carol is the Senior Access Consultant of the Joint Mobility Unit, and runs the Welsh office of the JMU in Cardiff. She is also a member of the Access Association, Access Committee for Wales, and Disability Wales.

Nick Tyler
Nick has been a DPTAC member since 1999. He sits on the DPTAC Bus & Coach and Personal Mobility Working Groups. Nick is the Senior Lecturer in Transport at University College London, where he promotes an innovative approach to research, design and the implementation of transport policies.

Richard West
Richard is deaf and is the first DPTAC member with a learning disability. He has been a DPTAC member since 1999. Richard sits on the DPTAC Aviation and Rail Working Groups. Richard works for CHANGE, an organisation for people with both a learning disability and a sensory impairment, and is a member of the GLAD (Greater London Action on Disability) Transport Group and People First Lambeth.