Core Staff
Charlotte P. Haase
Communication and Data Manager
LieChelle Robinson Hernandez
Program and Research Associate, Baltimore Corps Fellow
Elisabeth Hyleck
Acting President
Charlotte P. Haase
Communication and Data Manager
As the Communication and Data Manager, Charlotte leads the day-to-day work that keeps our services to members and our behind the scenes data management systems running smoothly. She works closely with our entire team to design and support all direct member engagement efforts, oversees all of our communication platforms, and ensures member requests for technical assistance are answered. She leads our efforts to continuously develop and improve our integrated website and membership database.
Throughout her professional career, Charlotte has worked with various organizations to strengthen branding, improve communications strategies, and streamline internal processes. Most recently, she served as the Director of Food and Farm Programs for Civic Works Inc. Charlotte earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communication from Christopher Newport University with minors in civic engagement and social entrepreneurship as well as leadership studies. She grew up all over the U.S. and spent some time living in Nairobi, Kenya before deciding to call Baltimore home. These days she can regularly be seen walking her dog and often an Animal Allies Rescue Foundation foster pup in Patterson Park or checking out the seasonal offerings at Baltimore’s many farmers' markets.
LieChelle Robinson Hernandez
Program and Research Associate, Baltimore Corps Fellow
LieChelle Robinson Hernandez has a background in social policy and civic engagement. She is confident her resilience and passion will allow her to move her passions into purpose. Born and raised in New York City, she first was introduced to public and community service in Maryland while working with the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Children and Family Success. Her passion drives her to provide this role with capacity building and supportive resources for the philanthropic community. Her newly appointed role as the Program and Research Associate will work for the implementation of learning programs as well as ensuring the mission and values of Maryland Philanthropy Network are at the forefront of decision making.
Liechelle attended Syracuse University in New York, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. She is excited to bring her knowledge and experience to Maryland Philanthropy Network and learn from the team. In her free time, she likes reading self-help books, traveling, and trying out new local restaurants.
Elisabeth Hyleck
Acting President
Elisabeth is currently serving as Acting President of Maryland Philanthropy Network. She manages day-to-day operations while ensuring the organization remains focused on its strategic course to serve its mission and membership. Building on the collaborative culture established among the team, Elisabeth leads with intentionality to honor all voices and perspectives. Prior to joining Maryland Philanthropy Network in 2007, she worked at the Annie E. Casey Foundation as the Leadership Development Program Assistant and was the Administrative Coordinator for a residential treatment facility for chemically dependent women and their children.
With a Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning from Morgan State University, Elisabeth has a great interest in the relationship between people and the natural and built environment. She has a BA in English and French and a minor in Women's and Minorities' Studies from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2018, she was elected to the Board of Directors of City Neighbors Hamilton as Director of Family Participation after having served on the board of Blue Water Baltimore for 6 years. She also serves on the Resource Allocation Committee for the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services. When not at work, she can be found assisting with school, scout, and church activities, and spending time outdoors.
Elyse Robinson
Office Administrator
Elyse Robinson
Office Administrator
Elyse provides administrative support to Maryland Philanthropy Network on a day-to-day basis as receptionist, secretary, administrator of financial and other records, office systems, and human resources. She works closely with all senior staff in support of the association's operations, board of directors and committees, data entry and event logistics. Her duties also include calendar scheduling, conference room scheduling, program logistics, ordering office supplies just to mention a few.
Elyse enjoys working at Maryland Philanthropy Network because of the close team/family-like setting and being a part of a team that works hard to inform and better our communities. In her spare time, she likes to visit her pup-nieces, Miss Yoko, pug mix and Millie, poodle/pug mix.
Project Staff and Group Coordinators
Liz Briscoe
Coordinator, Affinity Group on Aging
Linda Dworak
Director, Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Melissa Rock
Coordinator, Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative
Liz Briscoe
Coordinator, Affinity Group on Aging
Liz Briscoe has worked in human services and healthcare throughout her career. Most recently, she was the Division Chief of Advocacy and Special Projects along with managing the Baltimore City Health Department Division of Aging & CARE Services MD Access Point (MAP), a no wrong door point of entry for older adults and their families to access support services. The prior eleven years, she was executive director of Action In Maturity (AIM), a Baltimore City senior center ‘without walls’, a unique model which provides activities, education, and senior-friendly transportation programs.
Liz is a native Baltimorean and attended both Towson and Johns Hopkins Universities. She received Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry/Medical Technology and Mechanical Engineering. She recently graduated from University of Baltimore’s Certified Public Manager Program and is a Weinberg Fellow. She serves on the Boards of Maryland Gerontology Association, Baltimore Transit Campaign, Myerberg Senior Center, Keswick Multi-care; and the Advisory Boards of Comprehensive Housing Association, Inc. (CHAI)’s Aging in Community, Civic Works’ Housing Upgrades to Benefit Seniors, and Access HEARS (Hearing Equality through Accessible Research).
Linda Dworak
Director, Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Linda provides support to Maryland Philanthropy Network on matters related to workforce development. Her primary role is to staff the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative, a group of public and private funders which works to build pathways to family-supporting jobs for unemployed and underemployed Baltimore City residents while meeting the needs of our region's employers for a skilled workforce. Linda also develops programming for Maryland Philanthropy Network's Workforce Affinity Group and provides support to the Baltimore Integration Partnership. Linda has devoted her career to the work of enhancing employment opportunities for low- wage workers.
She formerly served as the Executive Director of the Garment Industry Development Corporation – one of the first nationally recognized sector-based workforce partnerships, and as Senior Consultant to the Aspen Institute's Workforce Strategies Initiative. Her work has helped to define the field of sectoral workforce development. Additionally, Linda brings to Maryland Philanthropy Network experience gained through her work with a number of national and regional organizations. Linda holds a Masters Degree from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and a post-graduate certificate in Non-Profit Management from the Columbia University School of Business.
Melissa Rock
Coordinator, Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative
Melissa Rock is the Director of the Birth to Three Strategic Initiative, which is a partnership between the Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund and Advocates for Children and Youth (ACY). Melissa is focused on eliminating racial disparities in birth outcomes for black women, eliminating barriers for families to access infant and early childhood behavioral health services, increasing access for families to programs that strengthen the attachment between parents and their young children.
Prior to being in this position at ACY, Melissa was ACY’s Child Welfare Policy director for 7 years Her greatest accomplishments in that role was the expansions of Maryland’s tuition waiver for youth in foster care and youth experiencing homelessness and making Maryland the first state in the country to allow foster youth’s federal benefits be placed into savings accounts for when they age out of foster care. Before joining ACY’s staff, Melissa spent 8 years at Maryland Legal Aid as a lawyer for youth in foster care in their Child in Need of Assistance Cases.
Melissa is a member of the State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (SCCAN), is the Membership Chair on the Infant Mental Health Association for MD/DC (IMHA-MD/DC), is a member of the Baltimore City Early Childhood Advisory Council, the Advisory Board for the Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center (BCCCRC), Baltimore City’s Fetal Infant Mortality Review team (FIMR), the Reproductive Health Equity Alliance for Maryland (RHEAM), the Early Childhood Mental Health Steering Committee, and B’more for Healthy Babies’ Perinatal and Post-Partum Behavioral Health Network. Melissa graduated from The George Washington University Law School and from Brandeis University with high honors.