From left: David H. Pittinsky, senior litigation partner at Ballard Spahr; Charisse Lillie, co-chair of gala and Vice President of Community Investment of Comcast Corporation and President of the Comcast Foundation; Thomas McGill, consultant; and Earl Harvey, The Black Professionals News.

Charisse R. Lillie, Esquire (center left) accepts the inaugural 2016 Charles W. Bowser Leadership Award from the Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum (PAALF) for her philanthropic contributions in the African American community. Pictured with Lillie are (from left) PAALF Co-Chair Rev. David W. Brown, of Temple University; PAALF Co-Chair Sharmain Matlock-Turner, Urban Affairs Coalition President & CEO; and PAALF Founding Executive Director, Kelly Woodland of Fairmount Ventures.

Roland Martin, CNN Contributor and guest EMCEE, joins Diversity Awards honorees: Charisse Lillie, VP of Community Investment, EVP of the Comcast Foundation who accepted the Corporate award on behalf of Comcast; Josh Sapan, President & CEO, Rainbow Media, recipient of the Executive Leadership award and Champion Award recipient Andrea Wong, President & CEO, Lifetime Networks.