Lynn Ditzler
Ms. Lynn Ditzler, MSS, MS
Director of Strategy, Communications & Innovation
VA Logistics and Redesign (VALOR), Program Management Office
Ms. Ditzler is the Director of Strategy, Communications, and Innovation for VALOR. Lynn brings 28 years of leadership experience in strategic planning and communications, policy, program development and management in support of domestic and global medical logistics requirements.
Prior to joining VALOR, Lynn served 28 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a Colonel. Her service includes a tour in Northern Iraq. She served as the Commander for the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, a global logistics command responsible for assuring ready forces and posturing theaters of war. Ms. Ditzler also served as the Director of Logistics for the Office of the Surgeon General and Army Medical Command here she provided enterprise management of the logistics portfolio during a global pandemic, the historic U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and rising conflict in Europe. Recognized for specialized experience in congressional affairs, she was selected to serve as a military fellow in the office of Senator Scott Brown (Massachusetts) and represented Army Medicine to Congress as a legislative liaison handling the national health, military medicine and Veterans Affairs policy portfolios. Her awards and decorations include Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster. She is a member of the Distinguished Order of Military Medical Merit.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
- 2022 – Present: Director, Strategy, Communication & Innovation, VA Logistics Redesign Program Office (VALOR)
- 2019 – 2022: Director of Logistics for the Office of the Surgeon General and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, Falls Church, VA
- 2019 – 2020: Director, Congressional Affairs for the Office of the Surgeon General and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, Falls Church, VA
- 2016 – 2018: Commander, United States Army Medical Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, MD
- 2015 – 2016: Director, Medical Systems Research Portfolio, Office of the Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, Washington DC
EDUCATION:
- 2017 Master of Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA
- 2006 Master of Science, Business & Organizational Security, Webster University, Saint Louis, MO
- 1994, Bachelor of Science, International Business with a minor in Japanese, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA