Mary Lynne Dittmar, Ph.D., President & CEO; Senior Consultant, Strategic Planning.  Dr. Mary Lynne Dittmar is President and CEO of Dittmar Associates, Inc. In addition to providing strategic guidance, financial management and business development for the company, she provides personal consulting in strategic planning, market research, and on our technical contracts. Previously, Dr. Dittmar was a Senior Manager at The Boeing Company, where she spearheaded market research and development for Boeing's commercial space program, and served as a Special Assistant to NASA in negotiations of technical and programmatic training issues with the the Russian, European, Japanese, and Canadian Space Agencies.  An inspiring communicator, she is frequently sought out as a speaker at professional conferences, and has published more than 50 articles in science, aerospace, business, and the humanities, and is the author of The Market Study for Space Exploration (paperback), published in 2004.

Dr. Dittmar's awards include the NASA Human Spaceflight Awareness Award, The Boeing Company Chief Technology Office Award for Technical Excellence, The Boeing Company Meritorious Invention Award, and the Richard M. Griffith National Research Award.  She is a Fellow of the United States National Research Society (Sigma Xi) and a member of the Economics Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.  In her spare time, she enjoys the unusual hobby of volcano chasing.

Capt. Tom Brandt (USNR), Vice President and Senior Consultant, Operations and Mission Planning.  Mr. Brandt is a senior military and engineering professional with over twenty years of specialized experience in tactical aviation and operational level warfare.  Tom is a Captain in the United States Navy Reserves and holds a Top Secret Clearance (TS/SBI).  He is the primary customer requirements liaison for operations, training and mission planning for military and mission-oriented customers. Tom’s operational experience includes his role as a Naval Flight Officer with over 1250 hours in the F-14, with additional flight time in the F-16, F-18, A-7 and A-6 aircraft.  He served as an Instructor at the Naval Strike Warfare Center, and supervised training programs developed for USN aircraft crews during Operation Desert Storm.  During this time he served as an expert in air-to-air warfare and contingency plans, and was selected to plan and brief USN missions against threat countries to then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney. 

Tom was mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, January-July 2003, and there served as Director, Strike Warfare Commander (STWC) Team onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt and then as Chief, Combat Plans Division at Al Udeid, directing a division consisting of 4 core teams comprising over 60 personnel responsible to the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) Director for the planning, allocation, and tasking of US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and British Royal Air Force tactical aircraft and bomber forces.   Captain Brandt's awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Commendation Service Medal, and Navy Commendation Medal (x4).  Tom consults from near St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Thomas D. Jones, Senior Consultant.  Thomas D. Jones is a scientist, author, pilot, and former NASA astronaut. He holds a doctorate in planetary sciences, and in more than eleven years with NASA, flew on four space shuttle missions to Earth orbit.  After graduation from the Air Force Academy, Tom piloted B-52D strategic bombers, studied asteroids for NASA, engineered intelligence-gathering systems for the CIA, and as a NASA contractor, developed advanced mission concepts to explore the solar system.  Tom has written for Air and Space Smithsonian, Aerospace America, Popular Mechanics, Military Officer, and Military Officer magazines.  Tom's newest title is "Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir," published in 2006 by Smithsonian Books-Collins (now in paperback).  

Dr. Jones' awards include the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, four NASA Space Flight Medals, the NASA Exceptional Service award, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, Phi Beta Kappa, and the Air Force Commendation Medal.   Tom is a member of the NASA Advisory Council. He is currently active in the debate over our nation's future space exploration policy. He consults, writes, and speaks from the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Teddi R. Pruitt, Director, Training Systems. Ms. Pruitt brings an extensive background in training systems design, training curriculum development, and training delivery (instruction) to her work with Dittmar Associates.  Teddi works with our private industry clients to develop and tailor training programs to best support their goals; supervising training needs assessments, developing training materials and documentation, and overseeing the implementation of in-house training programs.   Teddi’s previous experience includes managing a training program for a medical software firm in Colorado, where she developed training materials and trained the trainers as well as medical staff and salespersons on clinical medical software.  She has also worked for NASA, where she served as the contractor lead in a 2 year project to restructure astronaut training for the International Space Station program.  Teddi also supports our education outreach initiatives, having worked in the Indiana Public School system as a department head, teacher and coach where she also taught computer skills to teachers at faculty in-service and chaired Performance Based Accreditation correlate areas.

Jimetta Wright-Eudey, Director, Organizational Development & Internal Communications.  With more than a decade of experience in top corporations and government agencies, Ms. Eudey specializes in facilitating programs in leadership and team development, using a variety of approaches to improve new and existing team effectiveness.   Using a proprietary method to assess team issues, Jimetta works closely with our customers to design and implement appropriate interventions such as comprehensive performance measurement systems, group training, and internal communications.  Leadership training programs can also be used to improve staff productivity and enhance the bottom line.  Jimetta focuses on creating a collaborative environment which supports problem solving, goal setting, building team cohesiveness, and working though challenges in a positive and productive manner.