Arts and Business Council Honors Lee Daniels

From left: Trish, Bob, and Katie English.

Technology Connector Volunteer of the Year Ricardo Torres, senior manager, North Highland and creative arts ambassador, with Rosa Torres.

From left: Steven Haas, Esq., co-chair of the Corporate Practice Group at Cozen O'Connor, Marty Janowiecki, Taylor Fenton, and Julie Natale.

From left: Tara Orio and Tara Pizzo.

Rachel Zimmerman of InLiquid was recognized with the PNC Arts Alive Award for Innovation in Honor of Peggy Amsterdam. She's with her children, Sasha and Ivan Boyko.

From left: Joe Weiss, Sharon Pinkenson, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, Skip Massengill, and Arthur Biernbaum. Lee Daniels gave a shout out to Pinkenson as he accepted his award. He was very touched by all the work she has done on behalf of his career. He promised he’d do all he could to get his new TV show, Empire, which is set in Philadelphia, filmed in Philadelphia.

From left: Christie Honigman, Councilwomen Blondell Reynolds Brown, and Kristine Detterline.

From left: Jon Wybar of Revolution Recovery was recognized with an award for Small to Mid-Size Business with an Arts and Cultural Organization. He's with Alexander and Danielle Hankins and Ian M. Crumm.

From left: Paige West, Wilfred P. West, Jr. and Kathy Albanese, IBC.

From left: Lee Daniels, Academy Award-nominated director, writer, and producer, Steven Haas, chair of the Arts & Business Council, Karin Copeland, executive director of the Arts & Business Council, and Julie Natale, PWC. Daniels said he has received many honors in his life, but was truly humbled to receive an acknowledgement from his hometown, at the Art Museum, where his mother brought him as a young boy and instilled the importance of art and culture into his life.

Patrick McDade and Diane Heery, Heery Casting.

From left: Ray Carballada, president of ShootersINC. and Justin Wineburgh, Cozen O’Connor.

Kharisma McIlwaine and Mike Jerrick, Fox 29.