Gala for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

From left: David H. Pittinsky is a 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.

George Wallerstein and Julie Lutz later surprised the NAACP Legal Defense Fund with a $2 million donation.

Troy Snead and Rob Nicholson.

From left: Rob Ransom, President of the Rutgers Law Black Law Students Association; Tiffany Sykes, Judicial Intern to the Honorable Diana Louise Anhalt at First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Criminal Justice Center; and Matt Goldberg, Partner at DLA Piper

Marcel Pratt, Ballard Spahr LLP; and Jason Leckerman, Ballard Spahr LLP.

Yalta Gilmore-Reed and Lowell Thomas.

Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel at NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Sherrilyn Ifill , President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Ardelia Stewart and Rosalyn J. Watts.

From left: First lady Frances Wolf; Nadia Ralson; Governor Tom Wolf; and Desiree Peterkin Bell, Communications and Strategy at Office of the Mayor.

Mayor Michael Nutter and First Lady Lisa Nutter, President, Philadelphia Academies, Inc.

From left: Geri Covington; Angela Vallot'; Toi Shields, Senior Attorney at City of Philadelphia Law Department; and Judge Renee Hughes, CEO of the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Mia Tinari and Nino Tinari.

From left: Raymond Williams, Fahd Riaz, and Marie Dukes.

Paul Lancaster Adams, host committee and Judge Roxanne Covington.

From left: Lowell Thomas, William T. Coleman II, William T. Coleman IV, Allegra Coleman, Laura Becker, Peter Hern, and William Ewing.

NBC10 news anchor Jacqueline London was mistress of the evening, she's welcoming guests. Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent appeared to moderate a panel on today's race relations.