Founder & CEO
Mary Partin
35 years building quality-of-life technology for autism support, including 25 years as CEO of the Dan Marino Foundation. Mary leads Life’sPilot with the same practical, family-first lens. See the full founder story above.
About Life’sPilot
Built so support never stops at the appointment door.
Everyone deserves access to quality autism support, no matter where they are or when they need it. But real autism challenges don’t wait for appointments. They show up in the middle of routines, transitions, outings, school days, and late nights, when families are expected to remember what to do and carry the plan on their own.
Life’sPilot was built to change that. We make evidence-informed support available 24/7 through human-like Pilots, so caregivers can get step-by-step guidance in the moment and keep the Care Circle aligned around one shared plan. Less guessing, fewer mixed signals, and support that stays on for every child, teen, adult, and family navigating autism.
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Life’sPilot in a minute.
A quick look at how the Pilot fits into a caregiver’s day — before, during, and after the moments that matter most.
Founder Story
Pioneer in quality-of-life technology.
Life’sPilot is led by someone who has spent decades building what autism support is supposed to look like when it works in real life. For 35 years, Mary Partin has focused her leadership on improving quality of life for individuals with autism and their families, including 25 years as CEO of the Dan Marino Foundation. That work shaped the way she leads Life’sPilot: practical support, powered by technology, built to strengthen independence.
“Practical support, powered by technology, built to strengthen independence.”
Across her career, Mary has helped create and scale technology-driven programs that support education, employment readiness, and real-life skill building, using tools like extended reality and artificial intelligence to remove barriers that families face every day. She established the Marino Autism Research Institute at Vanderbilt University and helped launch Marino Campus programs in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, expanding post-secondary opportunities for students with autism.
Mary also spearheaded major initiatives backed by organizations such as Google, Magic Leap, and the Embassy of Qatar, and brought that experience into broader systems work through roles on Florida’s Governor’s Autism Task Force and President Obama’s Developmental Disabilities Advisory Committee. She has shared this work on national and global stages, including the United Nations and leading education and technology forums.
That combination of long-term autism leadership and real-world technology implementation is what makes her the right person to help Life’sPilot close the support gap at scale.
Leadership team.
The people behind Life’sPilot.
Chief Operations Officer
Dillon Partin
Dillon leads day-to-day operations at Life’sPilot, from product rollout and partnerships to the team building the app. His focus is turning the company’s care-circle vision into something that actually ships and reaches the families, providers, and organizations it’s built for.
Director of Clinical Programs
Blanca Diaz-Granda, BCBA
As a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Blanca brings the evidence-informed clinical foundation to Life’sPilot’s Pilots. She shapes how the guidance is grounded in established autism support practices, so what reaches caregivers in real moments is consistent with what works.
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