Board of Directors

Tricia Dyal
Co-Founder

Tricia co-founded Daddy Dolls®, Inc. (also known as Hug-A-Hero®) along with Nikki Darnell in 2005.  A wife of an active duty Marine and mother to two daughters, she saw the need to provide extra comfort while their father was deployed overseas. More…

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Lisa Berg
Executive Director

Lisa has 16 years service in the Air National Guard (10 active duty) in the Communications field. She is married to Mr. Benjamin Berg, an active duty member of the US Coast Guard. More…

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Thomas Townsend
Chief Technology Officer

Tom has extensive leadership experience in technology and operations with numerous private and public companies as well as the U.S. Government. He was most recently the VP of Information Technology for a Tampa based technology company. More…

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Lissa  McGrath
Communications Advisor

Lissa is a Navy wife of eight years living in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Chris, and three year old daughter, Rowan. Together they have survived 11 deployments with the help of her daughter’s Hug-A-Hero doll. Lissa is a freelance writer and editor; More…

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Jean Hislop
Family Affairs Coordinator

Jean comes to us with 15 years working for Onslow County (Jacksonville, NC) as a social worker and supervisor. She is now a part time reading tutor for Onslow County schools. She is married to John and is a mother to 3 grown children who all married into the military. More…

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Rani Hammond
Executive Administrator

Rani Hammond is a versatile executive with more than 15 years experience managing and directing strategic improvement initiatives to meet organizational goals. Proven talent for recruiting, motivating and leading teams geographically distributed within a matrix structured organization. More…

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Myle Hammond
Treasurer

Myle Hammond graduated from UCLA with a bachelors degree in economics and political science. He was commissioned as a Marine Corps officer in 1995, and has served on active duty since. Myle is an infantry officer by trade,and his assignments have included deployments with: More…

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Kristen Stark
Volunteer Coordinator

Kristen has a BS in Elementary Education and a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership. She has worked as a public school teacher, educational consultant, author, university instructor, and small business owner. Currently, she is employed by Carley Corporation: More…