Morris W. Offit b. ca 1937 is an American businessman. Moffit is Chairman at Offit Hall Capital Management LLC, founder and former

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

at Offitbank (since merged with Wachovia), and independent director of

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, elected to the Board of Directors and chairman of the Audit Committee in August 2005. He was a director at Wachovia following their acquisition of Offitbank. Moffit was born to a

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family,Israel Policy Forum: "negotiated resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on two states for two peoples"
February 12, 2014 the son of Rhea (née Wolf) and Michael Offit. Moffit is a supporter of the

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in Israel. He served as Chairman of the Board of

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(1990-1996), Chairman of the Board of the Jewish Museum (1987-1991), trustee of the New-York Historical Society, and trustee of The Museum of the American Revolution. He also served a three-year term as president of

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. He currently serves as a trustee of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies. Moffit was honored as The New Jewish Home's Eight over Eighty Gala 2017 honoree.

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