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Lorraine (Lori) DiMarco is the Vice President Maintenance & Engineering at Mesa AIrlines. Lori has over 40 years of aviation maintenance experience.
Lori is a licensed Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Technician. She started her career with Pan American World Airways in JFK after graduating from Aviation High School where she was the first woman to attend the school and the only woman amongst 2700 students during her freshman year. Lori has worked as an A&P Mechanic for TWA and FedEx. While at FedEx she rose thru the ranks to become the Managing Director of Memphis Line Maintenance and then the Managing Director of Maintenance Planning, Control and Performance. While at FedEx she led organizations that included Line Maintenance, Maintenance Control, Aircraft Routing, Maintenance Planning, Tech Services, Fuel Farm, In-to plane Fueling and Pushback and Towing.
Lori was the Director of Seattle Line Maintenance with Alaska Airlines and was part of the team that improved Alaska’s on time performance.
Lori was also the Head of Maintenance for Air Canada in Toronto, ON and held several positions at JetBlue Airways including Director Maintenance and Director Supply Chain and Materials Operations.
She has held the FAR 119 Director of Maintenance position with FedEx, JetBlue, North American Airlines and Shuttle America. Lori has also taught the Airframe and Powerplant licensing program at her alma mater and is on the advisory board for the school.
Lori holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master of Business Administration.
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