Fred Maahs, Jr.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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Fred Maahs, Jr. is a highly experienced professional with 36.9 years of work experience. He possesses a wide range of skills including leadership, strategy, strategic communications, public relations, and strategic planning. Fred has worked for Fortune 100 and Fortune 30 companies, gaining expertise in disability rights advocacy, keynote speaker, and accessibility travel and tourism. He has held various leadership positions, including CEO of FJM Solutions, LLC and Maahs Travels. Fred is also a founding board member of Tarita Davenock and Travel for All, a company that specializes in global travel experiences tailored to the unique needs of each traveler.
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Fred suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed from the chest down just days before starting his first year in college. He has used a wheelchair ever since. After obtaining degrees in Business and Marketing, he spent more than 30 years as a corporate executive working for Fortune 100 and Fortune 30 companies traveling the world and building his expertise and reputation as an internationally-recognized disability rights advocate, keynote speaker, and accessibility travel and tourism expert. Fred served on three panels at the White House regarding issues that impact people with disabilities. He presented the issues faced by people with disabilities when traveling by air to the United States Department of Transportation. He worked with local, state, and federal levels of government on disability-related issues. Fred founded FJM Solutions, LLC in 2019 and Maahs Travels in 2021. Maahs Travels (www.maahstravels.com) works across the globe to refine accessible travel, provide accessibility, diversity and inclusion training, and define market potential and strategies to attract more people to global destinations. Maahs Travels has worked with governments in the Caribbean, Dubai, Jordan, Portugal, the UK, Israel, and the United States, airports and airlines, hotels and travel destinations, to find solutions to refine accessibility. And, he is expanding his portfolio to address accessibility solutions in Asia and South America. In 2019, Fred also joined Tarita Davenock and Travel for All (www.travel-for-all.com) as a partner and Chief Operating Officer. The company, headquartered in Canada, provides global, accessible and inclusive travel experiences tailored to the unique needs of each traveler. In 2020, Fred was also named Editor of Melange Accessibility for All magazine (www.readmelange.com/accessibility) and he served on President-Elect Joe Biden’s Disability Policy Committee. He is a Founding Board Member of the Center for International Disability Advocacy and Diplomacy based at St. Cloud State University and serves on the World Events Disability Coalition. He serves on the National Board of Directors for the American Association of People with Disabilities and Advisory Boards for a number of tech start up companies serving people with disabilities. He has a B.S. In Business Management from West Chester University, an A.S. In Business from Widener University, is certified in Corporate Social Responsibility Leadership from the Center for Corporate Citizenship at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, and resides in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Fred Maahs, Jr.'s Professional Milestones
- Director Of Communications (1998-01-01~2003-01-01): Ensuring effective communication across teams, driving company growth and achieving customer satisfaction.
- Chief Operations Officer (2019-07-01~): Streamlined operational processes, optimizing efficiency and surpassing productivity goals.
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