Snowstorm? No match for annual Ronald H. Brown Leadership Awards Gala

URBAN LEAGUE RON BROWN LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS—Derrick Tillman, Alexandra Jones, Leah Lizarondo, Carmen Anderson. (Photo by J.L. Martello) Urban League’s annual event sees more than 400 attend, $400,000 raised Neither frigid temperatures nor a winter storm advisory kept the more than 400 celebrants from attending the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh’s 28th annual Ronald H. Brown Leadership Awards Gala on Friday, Feb. 16. The guests gathered at the Rivers Casino ballroom on the North Shore for a virtual “Who’s Who in Black Pittsburgh.” Just some of the power brokers present were Pittsburgh’s Mayor, Ed Gainey; Dr. Kathy Humphrey, President of Carlow University, William Generett Jr., Esq., Vice President of Civic Engagement and External Relations at Duquesne University, and Demeatria Boccella, President of Fashion Africana. Additionally, two CEOs from other Urban League branches were in attendance; Darrin W. Anderson Sr., Ph.D., M.S., President and CEO, Urban League of Philadelphia, and Dr. Erin R. Houston, Ph.D., President and CEO, the Shenango County Urban League Inc. MARK JONES, JACKIE DIXON, MONICA MALIK, MARK LEWIS (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) This year’s honorees were: Carmen Anderson (Vice President of Equity and Learning, The Heinz Endowments), Civic Leadership Award; Derrick Tillman (President, Bridging the Gap Development),...