Mary Lynne Dittmar

Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space (ACES)
Representative Member – Dittmar Associates

Dr. Mary Lynne Dittmar is President & CEO of the consulting firm Dittmar Associates.  She retired from full-time work at Axiom Space in October of 2024, where she served as Chief Government and External Relations Officer, directing Axiom’s work with U.S. state and federal governments as well as overseeing all strategic communications for the firm, and serving as Axiom’s delegate to international meetings on policy. She currently serves as the industry co-chair of the FAA’s Commercial Human Spaceflight Occupant Safety Rulemaking Committee.

Previously, Dittmar served as the founding president and chief executive officer of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, an industry trade group supporting NASA’s programs of record in human exploration and science. Her experience includes service as a member of the National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group, the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC), the executive committee of the Space Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and the senior policy advisor for the International Space Station National Laboratory.  Earlier in her career, she managed the Flight Operations Group and served as chief scientist for commercial payloads on the ISS Program at Boeing. Currently, Dittmar serves as the space policy fellow for the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University’s School of Engineering. She is a fellow of the American Astronautical Society (AAS), the National Research Society Sigma Xi, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (class of 2025). Dittmar holds a Ph.D. in human factors from the University of Cincinnati.