Commander

COL Mara Kreishman-Deitrick
U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity

COL Mara Kreishman-Deitrick
Commander

Colonel Mara Kreishman-Deitrick earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Cincinnati and a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. She entered active duty as a 71B Medical Service Corps Biochemist upon completion of her Ph.D. in 2004.

Her first assignment was in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, after which she served as WRAIR Headquarters Company Commander. She then served as a Chartered Product Manager for advanced development of multiple antiparasitic drugs and diagnostics in the Pharmaceutical Systems Project Management Office at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity. In 2013, COL Kreishman-Deitrick was selected for the competitive Army Medical Department Long-Term Health Education and Training Fellowship at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, where she trained as a reviewer in both the Division of Anti-Infective Products and the Office of Counterterrorism and Emergency Coordination in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

COL Kreishman-Deitrick was next assigned to the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at WRAIR, where she progressed from Department Chief for Drug Development to Deputy Branch Director and finally to Branch Director. In this role, COL Kreishman-Deitrick also served as the Chair of the Next Generation Malaria Drug Integrated Product Team and as the Capability Area Manager for Antiparasitic Drugs for the Military Infectious Diseases Research Program. She then returned to USAMMDA, where she held the position of Deputy Commander. COL Kreishman-Deitrick served as the WRAIR Deputy Commander before assuming command of USAMMDA in October 2024.

COL Kreishman-Deitrick has co-authored 25 peer-reviewed publications and presented numerous invited lectures. Her military education and training includes the Army Medical Department Officer Basic Course, the Captains Career Course, and the Army Command and General Staff College Intermediate Level Education Course. She also holds a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. COL Kreishman-Deitrick is Level 3 certified in Science and Technology Management and Program Management by the Defense Acquisition University and holds Regulatory Affairs Certification in the United States.

Her awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (1OLC), and the Army Achievement Medal (1OLC). COL Kreishman-Deitrick is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit and a recipient of The Surgeon General's "A" proficiency designator. In 2019, she was awarded the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Acquisition Workforce Award for Individual Achievement in Science and Technology Management.