Gala_Invite-11Mar14 - The Urban League of Philadelphia

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SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014
5:30 PM
NETWORKING RECEPTION & SILENT AUCTION
7:00 PM
DINNER PROGRAM
9:00 PM
POST-DINNER RECEPTION & DANCING
PHILADELPHIA MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN
1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
INDIVIDUAL GALA TICKET $350 | BLACK TIE
MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES
RENEE CHENAULT-FATTAH | NBC10 ANCHOR
Broadcast journalism veteran Renee Chenault-Fattah joined NBC10 in 1991. She can
currently be seen anchoring NBC10 News weekdays at 4PM and 6PM.
Earlier in her career Chenault-Fattah was the science correspondent for the Fox
Network program “Beyond Tomorrow” and an anchor and reporter for WTEN in
Albany, New York. She started her broadcasting career in central New Jersey as
the host and field producer for New Jersey Network’s (NJN) “Another View.” She
moved on to become an anchor for WXIA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia.
Chenault-Fattah began her career as an attorney. She practiced law in New York
City for four years and remains a member of the New York Bar. During her law career she clerked for the Hon. Damon J. Keith of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit. She was also a litigation associate in the New York law firm of
Hughes Hubbard and Reed.
Chenault-Fattah is a member of various professional organizations, including The
Forum of Executive Women, the National Association of Black Journalists, and
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). An
active member of the community, Chenault-Fattah speaks at local schools, church
congregations and civic organizations about journalism, law and ethics, and the
importance of education. She currently serves on the board of trustees for the
Philadelphia Art Museum, Johns Hopkins University, and Springside Chestnut Hill
Academy. She has received numerous awards for her civic and professional contributions.
Chenault-Fattah graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Political Science. She later earned her law degree from the University of
Pennsylvania and a Masters of Arts in Journalism from the University of Missouri.
She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, Congressman Chaka Fattah, and their
four children.
GALA SPONSORS
MISSION PARTNERS
EMPOWERMENT PARTNERS
ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERS
EQUALITY PARTNERS
OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS
MEDIA PARTNERS
Award Honoree�
SPIRIT OF INNOVATION AWARD
Perryman Building and Construction Services is a three-generation family business, founded by
Jimmie Perryman in Alabama in 1954. Jimmie Perryman was one of the original entrepreneurs—
realizing that if a black man could not find a job, he could start his own business and hire others.
In 1998, Jimmie’s son, Angelo Perryman, established the company in Philadelphia. Angelo serves
as President and CEO. Keeping it in the family, daughter Angelina is company Vice President of
Administration and son Anthony recently came on board as a project engineer.
The West Philadelphia-based firm offers a full range of commercial project management and
general construction services.
The firm’s portfolio includes the Pennsylvania Convention Center expansion, Arthur Ashe Youth
Tennis and Education, the West Oak Lane Charter School, the Kimmel Center for the Performing
Arts and the Lincoln Financial Stadium.
Recently, the company was recognized as the 2013 Family Business of the Year by the Greater
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
Perryman Building and Construction Services exemplifies the model of empowerment and
entrepreneurship advocated by the Urban League movement. It gives us great pleasure to
present the company with The Spirit of Innovation Award.
VISION AWARD
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) is the leading health insurer in southeastern
Pennsylvania. With its affiliates, IBC serves more than 7.5 million people
nationwide, including 2.2 million in the region. For more than 75 years, IBC has
been enhancing the health and wellness of the people and communities it serves
by delivering innovative and competitively priced health care products and
services; pioneering new ways to reward doctors, hospitals, and other health care
professionals for coordinated, quality care; and supporting programs and events
that promote wellness.
IBC respects the diversity of its customers and believes by embracing diversity
and inclusion among its associates, the company better serves its customers.
The company culture is one of openness, integrity, and respect, and IBC wholly
supports the varied backgrounds and viewpoints of its workforce.
Another essential way IBC supports diversity is through its work with
suppliers. Having a strong supplier diversity program in place enables IBC
to meet its business needs effectively while also supporting our community.
IBC actively cultivates and values relationships with minority-owned and
women-owned businesses.
Independence Blue Cross has been a strong supporter of The Urban
League of Philadelphia and a title sponsor of last year’s National Urban
League Conference. The Urban League is proud to honor IBC with this
year’s Vision Award.
POWER OF DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
Patricia A. Coulter is celebrating 12 years as the President and CEO of The Urban
League of Philadelphia. As she concludes her dynamic term of leadership, we are
proud to present her with the Power of Diversity Leadership Award.
Under Ms. Coulter’s direction, ULP has been named a five-star affiliate three years in
a row—one of only a handful of the organization’s 95 affiliates to be singled out for
the strength of their economic base and for their programming.
Ms. Coulter spearheaded the creation of ULP’s Career Center, which serves more
than 500 people a year, providing job training, coaching, interviewing and other
services for job seekers free of charge. The ULP’s privately funded Connect to Work
program—a six-week workforce development program that prepares job seekers
to work in the customer service industry—has placed 87 percent of its graduates in
jobs before the end of the course.
In 2008, ULP opened an Entrepreneurship Center to help small businesses grow
and thrive. As these businesses expand, they are able to hire new workers, thus
supporting job creation.
Under Ms. Coulter’s leadership, the ULP began a scholarship program in 2002—
awarding $12,000 to six students. At the 2014 Empowerment Legacy Gala, ULP’s
goal is to award more than $120,000 to 75 students. The scholarship program
has expanded its outreach to young people by offering workshops in financial
planning and effective social media.
Six years ago, she initiated the CEO Symposium to illuminate the lack of African
American talent in the C-Suites and on corporate boards. Planned as a one-time
event, the symposium is now an important annual forum for CEO’s to talk peer to
peer about diversity and inclusion.
Ms. Coulter has truly used her power as a leader to move the diversity needle
throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region.
Directors
GALA CO-CHAIRS
David L. Cohen
Executive Vice President
Comcast Corporation
Denis P. O’Brien
Senior Executive Vice President
Exelon Corporation
AUCTION CO-CHAIRS
Atif Bostic
Jasmin Senior
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers
Robert Keyes, Chairman
Vice President / General Manager
Enterprise Holdings - Phila. Group
Kim Bonner Massey, Secretary
Regional Underwriting Officer /
Director
Cigna
Andrea Agnew
Executive Director, Workforce
Diversity & Inclusion
Comcast Corporation
Scott K. Bass
Vice President
AmeriHealth Caritas
Keith Bethel
Executive Vice President,
Aramark Growth
Aramark
Atif Bostic
Vice President / Sales Manager,
Your Place Banking
Citizens Bank
Monica Burch
Affinity Group President
NExT Philadelphia
Vice President, Senior
Underwriter III, Corp. Banking
The PNC Financial Services Group
Leanne Caret
Vice President, Rotorcraft
Systems
The Boeing Company
Joe Mbogo, Treasurer
Partner
KPMG LLP
John Dawkins
President & CEO
Jo-Dan Enterprises / McDonald’s
Licensee
Thomas S. Biemer, Legal Counsel
Partner
Dilworth Paxson LLP
Sue Eckel
Lead Attorney
GEICO
Patricia A. Coulter
President & CEO
The Urban League of Philadelphia
Harold Epps
President & CEO
PRWT Services, Inc.
Allison Green
Senior Vice President,
Chief Diversity Officer
Lincoln Financial Group
Reverend Kevin Johnson, Ed.D
Senior Pastor
Bright Hope Baptist Church
Mellanie K. Lassiter
External Affairs Manager,
Philadelphia County
PECO
Michele Lawrence
Senior Vice President,
Philadelphia Retail Market
Wells Fargo Company
Dennis Maple
President, First Student Division
FirstGroup
Lorina Marshall-Blake
Vice President, Community Affairs
Independence Blue Cross
Neil D. Theobald
President
Temple University
Patrick Walsh
Vice President, Marketing
VILLA
Anzio Williams
Vice President of News
NBC10
Robert Young
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Bernard Anderson, PhD
Robert Bogle
Andrea Custis
Judi Dorsey
Joseph Frick
Kenneth Gamble
Sandy Moon-Hightower
Affinity Group President
Guild
Irene Hannan
Kevin D. Nesbitt
Senior Vice President / Customer
Segment Strategy Executive
Bank of America
Joseph Neubauer
Jill Schubert
President, Chesapeake District
UPS
William Smith
Tim Smith
Region President, Consumer and
Mass Business Markets PA/DE
Verizon
Daniel Hilferty
Sandra LeBlanc
Wanda Paul
Michael Rashid
Doug Whitney
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