Board of Directors
Tricia Dyal
Co-Founder
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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
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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
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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
Family Affairs Coordinator
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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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Stephanie Crabb
Director of Development
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Stephanie is currently the VP of Client Services for CynergisTek, Inc., an information technology security consulting company. In this role she is responsible for client service management, quality, business development and marketing activities. More… |
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Carla Olivo
Communications Director
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Carla Olivo has been a professional writer/reporter for the past 25 years. She holds her B.A. in Radio, Television and Film from Temple University. She began her media career at KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia. After a two year stint in Atlantic City, NJ covering the; More… |
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Rani Hammond
Executive Administrator
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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
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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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Vacant
Volunteer Coordinator
Member Board of Directors – OPERATION Hug-A-Hero a 501 (c) (3) Non-profit Organization
