Historic Philadelphia Honors Ed Rendell, Gerry Lenfest and Karen Butler

From left: Former U.S. UN Ambassador and former Constitution Center president and current Historic Philadelphia Inc. board member Joe Torsella, Wayne Spilove, former chairman of Historical Philadelphia Inc., (though he remains on as a member of the Board of directors), Amy Needle, president and CEO, Historic Philadelphia, Inc., William J. Avery, Lincoln Financial Group, and Larry Cohen, Brûlée Catering.

Juhi Saigal-Shah and Neil H. Shah, president and COO of Hersha Hospitality Trust.

From left: Sharon Powell-Lee, Comcast, Lorina Marshall-Blake, president, Independence Blue Cross Foundation, and Lauren Feldhake, PECO.

From left: Alex and Tim Levin with Hannah Griswold.

Lisa Moulder, director of the Betsy Ross House, and Trooper Hare of Tippler's Tour, a colonial pub crawl where you get to consume libations and bites at historic locations from Memorial Day through December.

John Dunlap (1747 - 1812) was the printer of the first copies of the United States Declaration of Independence and one of the most successful American printers of his era. He invites guests on a special after-dark tour of Independence Hall before heading over to City Tavern for dinner.

From left: Lisa Deats, VP of operations at HPI, former Gov. Ed Rendell, honoree of the night, and Amy Needles, president and CEO, Historic Philadelphia, Inc.

From left: Jolley Christman, HPI board member, and Meryl Levitz, president and CEO of Visit Philly.

From left: Michele VonDeak, senior director of development at Historic Philadelphia and Josh Wolson, Dilworth Paxson LLP, with Eileen and Mathew Kraut.

From left: ZeeAnn Mason, vice president and director of communications and marketing, Museum of the American Revolution, honoree Karen Butler and Cynthia MacLeod, superintendent. Independence National Historical Park. In 1994, Butler was executive director of the Mayor's Action Council for Visitors and was instrumental in helping Historic Philadelphia get started and attract visitors.

From left: Honoree H. F. "Gerry" Lenfest, media entrepreneur and philanthropist, Marguerite Lenfest, William H. Haines, IV, Pennsylvania Trust and chair of the board of Historic Philadelphia, Inc., and Sharon Haines.