Executive Board of Directors
Founder/Director
Angela Addington has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with an emphasis on research. Since 1991, she has worked in the telecommunications industry as a systems analyst. She left the corporate world to start her own business as a professional photographer in 1994, with such clients as the College Football Hall of Fame and Notre Dame University. In 2000, she had her daughter Hannah, for whom the charity is named. Feeling the need for financial security with a new baby, Angela returned to the corporate world by taking a data technician position at LexisNexis through Manpower. Angela left after a short period of time to develop Hannah’s Treasure Chest full-time as the need for the services of the organization grew and became too difficult to handle while working full time. In 2008 Angela was recognized for her work at Hannah's Treasure Chest by being named one of Dayton Daily New's Top Ten Women.
Chairman
Stuart Merl
Vice Chairman
Cheryll A. Bennett has been an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Dayton, Ohio for approximately ten years. She received a B.A. degree in Spanish from the University of Rochester and her J.D. from the University of Dayton. Between 1994 and 1997, she was employed as an Assistant Public Defender with the Montgomery County Public Defender’s office, and spent two years subsequent thereto in private practice, where she concentrated on civil litigation and State and Federal criminal law.
Cheryll has been active in professional and community service organizations and is excited to be a part of Hannah’s Treasure Chest. Cheryll currently co-chairs the Employment work group for the Montgomery County Community Wide Ex-Offender Reentry Task Force, and has served as the President of the Summit Pointe Homeowners Association. Cheryll is also a member of the Dayton Bar Association’s Criminal Law, Ethics & Grievance, Bar Exam & Qualifications, Environmental & Congeniality committees, and previously served on the Association’s Board of Trustees.
Treasurer
Joanie Eldred
Recording Secretary
Pam Merl
Board of Trustees
Scott Hull