Business frontrunners Ed Moriarty and Eric Sklut were elected to the Elon University Board of Trustees Wednesday, Jan. 7. Having already served on two advisory councils, Moriarty and Sklut plan on supporting and shaping the university’s future.
Ed Moriarty:
Equipped with significant experiences from a variety of executive and management positions across investment banking, global capital markets and risk management, Moriarty currently serves as the head of Merchant Banking & Real Estate Investing at Morgan Stanley.
Since 2012, Moriarty has taken an active role as a member of the Elon President’s Advisory Council.
Moriarty and his wife, Jill, who reside in Far Hills, N.J., are the parents of four children, including senior Meaghan Moriarty and freshman Cole Moriarty.
The Moriarty family has also made financial gifts that have supported the School of Health Sciences, Campus Catholic Ministry and Phoenix Club. In addition, the family pledged to name a themed lab on the second floor of the new School of Communications building in honor of Ed’s mother, Virginia.
Eric Sklut:
Eric Sklut has maintained a long and well-known history as supporters of Hillel, Jewish life and Jewish Studies at Elon. He is currently a business leader in the automotive industry and owns Perfection Automatic Inc (BumperPlugs.com), an automotive parts enterprise.
Sklut has also assumed a variety of leadership roles by serving as President of the Foundation of Shalom Park and President of the Levine Jewish Community Center.
He and his wife, Lori, have extended their philanthropy and volunteer services across North Carolina. As the founders and directors of the Levine-Sklut Family Foundation, they focus on providing grants that support education, healthcare, faith and human service and children’s programming to agencies throughout the state.
At Elon, Eric and Lori Sklut have maintained an active role as the inaugural co-chairs of the Jewish Life Advisory Council. They have also supported the expansion and enrichment of Elon’s Jewish Studies Program by endowing the Lori and Eric Sklut Emerging Scholar in Jewish Studies.
Their son Mason was a 2014 alumnus of the university and majored in media arts and entertainment with a focus on cinema.