About

Hancock County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), located in Greenfield, Indiana, is a non-profit organization serving abused and neglected child victims in Hancock County, Indiana. CASA works with volunteer advocates who provide hundreds of neglected, abused, and exploited children with a voice in the court, and a friend in the court process.

So far in 2021, 68 children have been removed from their home because of abuse and neglect and we have over 150 children being served at this time.

Meet Our Team

Tammy Settergren

Director

Tammy Settergren grew up in Chalmers, Indiana (White County) on a large farm where she lived with her parents and an older brother. After graduating from Purdue University with a BS in Business Management and Marketing, Tammy moved to Indianapolis where she met her husband of 20+ years, Jay. Jay is a 30+ year career firefighter at IFD and a leader of Indiana Task Force One. Tammy and Jay together had two sons, Riley and Chase, both who attended Eastern Hancock High School, as well as son JJ (Jay) who is a Fisher’s Police officer.

After college, Tammy spent 15 years working in corporate America as a program supervisor, traveling across country and managing all aspects of multi-million-dollar contracts. Since leaving corporate America, Tammy opened her own apparel printing business called Just Good Tee’s & More. Tammy created The Riley Charles Settergren Foundation for her sons where she holds a board position, as well as on Hancock County Friends of CASA Board, Inc. (FOC) and the Eastern Hancock School Corporation board.

Tammy serves as a volunteer CASA in Hancock County and grew into becoming the Executive Director from the Child Case Specialist position. Tammy has a loving and giving heart and knows that she can help so many children in these roles. When Tammy isn’t busy with her business, helping the community through her sons’ foundation or working with CASA, she enjoys cooking, riding her horses, camping and spending valuable time making memories with her friends and family.

Cheryl Seelig

Program Coordinator

Cheryl Seelig became a CASA volunteer in 2012 with a family of 6 children. In 2014, she became the Program Coordinator, where she continues to oversee all volunteers, monitoring cases and attending court hearings.

Cheryl has 4 children and 4 grandchildren. She spends her time watching their soccer games, gymnastics performances and karate classes. In her free time Cheryl enjoys riding her motorcycle and rides with the Patriot Guard and the American Legion Riders, doing veteran support activities, partaking in motorcycle events such as funerals and parades, and supporting the local community.

Jodi Watkins

Case Manager

Jodi Bass married Tom Watkins on December 6th (the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor) only several years later. She and her husband have enjoyed 44 booming years together. She raised two sons, Sam and Travis in Fortville. She is proud of her two granddaughters, Ellery and Emery.

Jodi has had her hand in a lot of different jobs. She was her husband’s bookkeeper for his tire store. She worked in the school as a Library Asst. to be on the same schedule as her boys. After they were self-sufficient, she worked at Hancock Memorial Hospital Radiology Office. Jodi worked as an Airline reservationist for ATA, and rented cars for Hertz in Kona, HI. Then she retired after 13 years as a Flight Attendant for Republic Airlines.

Jodi has since downsized to a 20 acre farm in Mt. Comfort where her husband, Tom grew up. There she enjoys raising chickens.

When Jodi was contemplating retirement, she viewed a spot on a news show about CASA in Marion County. Jodi thought that would be a great way to fill her extra time after retirement. With some investigation, she found CASA in Hancock County. The Spring of 2018 she finished her training and took on her first case. That one finished and she took on two more cases. She now works part-time in the office as Case Manager.

Allison Angelicchio

Trainer

Allison was raised in Zionsville, Indiana. She attended Indiana University and graduated with a Bachelors in Social Work. Twenty years later she went back to school and got her Certified Nursing Assistants license.

She is passionate about children. She has worked in many capacities caring for, teaching and advocating for children since she was sixteen. Currently she is the Clinic Assistant at a nearby junior high and does home health care on the side. She lives with her fiance, Dominick, and her two Shih Tzus . Together they have five adult children and two grandchildren. Ten years ago when Allison was a foster parent, she adopted one of the children she was fostering. She truly understands the challenges our CASA children face. Her hobbies include, crafting, painting, being outside and reading.

Jessica Mast

Child Care Specialist

Jessica Mast grew up in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. After high school, she spent a year of voluntary service in Jokkmokk, Sweden. Following two years of college, Jessica did another year of voluntary service in Denver, Colorado where she met her husband, Justin. Justin is a registered nurse and EMT who works at Eskenazi Health and volunteers in their local township. Together they have two teenage sons. Justin and Jessica, along with their boys, fostered medically fragile infants for four years. They chose not to renew their license but Jessica wanted to continue to serve the vulnerable children in her community. As a foster mother, she appreciated the benefits having a CASA provided to their foster children, and so she reached out to Hancock County CASA and began training right away! Jessica has been a volunteer CASA for a year and currently serves as the Child Case Specialist for Hancock County CASA. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and playing board games with her family.

Jessica Westfall

Administrative Assistant

Jessica Westfall grew up in Fairmount, Indiana, and moved to Hancock County in 2015. She is married with two sons and has a diversified professional background. Jessica knew CASA was her calling when she began volunteering as a CASA in September 2020. Her passion for families and kids leads her to put her heart and soul into every case. Jessica is excited to begin a larger role within the CASA organization and looks forward to continuing to help the children and families of Hancock County.

Alexis Warren

Social Media and Outreach Manager

Alexis Warren graduated from Earlham College in May 2021. She works and volunteers for multiple organizations in Hancock County. Ever since she was little you could see her on the go serving those without a voice. Now you can find her doing just that with CASA as the Social Media and Outreach Manager.

In her free time, she is usually found planting native gardens, hiking with her boyfriend and dogs, or eating at hidden gems.