MEYERHOFF CHARITABLE FUNDS - Key Persons
Brooke Brodsky is the Funds' Program Assistant. She assists with all aspects of our grantmaking and handles scheduling and other administrative and support activities. Brooke is originally from Chicago. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and children.
Dr. Louis L. Kaplan, considered the grandfather of modern Jewish education in Baltimore, was Joe's close friend and teacher. As the first Executive Vice President of the Joseph Meyerhoff Fund, he worked alongside Joe for 15 years. Along with Lyn and Bud, Dr. Kaplan helped to create the infrastructure to formalize the family's philanthropic giving.
Elizabeth R. Minkin, Bud and Lyn's granddaughter, is the President of the Funds. She is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Funds in concert with the grants committee. She provides oversite of all initiatives locally and nationally, along with an extensive portfolio of programs and capital projects in Israel. Prior to her work at the Funds, Buffy spent more than 12 years in the real estate industry, both in residential construction and development and in commercial brokerage services. She is an active leader in both the Jewish and secular Baltimore communities, receiving several awards for her leadership in the Baltimore Jewish community. In addition to her board service, she is active in both of her children's schools. Buffy is a 1996 graduate of Union College in Schenectady, NY, with a B.A. in Economics and a minor in French. Buffy and her husband, Will Minkin, an attorney and active community leader, live in Baltimore County with their two children.
George Hess, the former CEO of Hess shoes, directed the Family's philanthropic activities from the mid-1980s to late-1990s. Along with Lyn, Bud, and Ellie, George worked to develop additional philanthropic opportunities for the family's young adult children.
Job Titles:
- Director of Grants and Programs
Misty Gibson, Esq. is the Director of Grants and Programs. She manages our Baltimore Target Neighborhood grantmaking and roundtables, oversees our grants process and capital projects, engages our next generation, and a variety of other projects. She has been with the Funds since 2007 and has over fifteen years' experience working in government, political campaigns, and non-profit organizations. Misty is a graduate of Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, and obtained her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2011. She lives in Baltimore County with her husband and their two children.
Job Titles:
- Prior Executive Leadership