Frosty weather belied a toast-y atmosphere when the Pennsylvania Society returned to its annual fundraiser to New York City’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel following the hotel’s multi-year renovation. Founded as a forum for commonwealth transplants, the Society dinner, now a gathering for Pennsylvania’s political boldface names, this year honored man-about-Philadelphia and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen – who has also held leadership roles with Comcast, the University of Pennsylvania’s Board of Trustees and in the administration of former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell.
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