Mallorie has excelled professionally by supporting the Defense Industry community, leading a team of engineers, particularly in serving on the ASQ Huntsville Section leadership committee and Women in Tech HSV, as well as volunteering with AUSA Redstone-Huntsville Chapter, Women in Defense Tennessee Valley Chapter (WID-TVC), and National Defense Industrial Association Tennessee Valley Chapter (NDIA-TVC), representing them in STEM outreach activities.

AFCEA serves the community in three capacities: (1) professional engagement and career skill enrichment through our technical events focused on AI and Cybersecurity that provide Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) and our Emerging Leaders program providing networking opportunities, resume building opportunities, and mentorships; (2) educational funding support, through our High School grants awards and scholarship program; (3) the local defense contracting community by providing technical engagements, classified and unclassified, that support the exchange between Redstone Leadership Warfighter needs and contractors to aid in solutioning.

Dr. Polzin has provided pioneering technical leadership in the development and application of nuclear and other propulsion systems enabling human and scientific exploration of the Solar System and beyond, and has been a leader of great impact to the community over the past decade.