Palm
Beach Opera Welcomes New Board Member
Palm Beach
Opera is delighted to announce the appointment of
Peter A. Hoffman
to the Board of Directors.
“I am thrilled
that Peter is joining the Board of Directors. His
sharp analytical mind, business acumen, and previous
board experience in the cultural sector will
wonderfully strengthen and compliment the board,”
said Palm Beach Opera General Director, Daniel
Biaggi. “We look forward to working with Peter and
shaping the exciting future of Palm Beach Opera.”
Palm Beach
resident, Peter A. Hoffman is a retired partner of
Deloitte & Touche LLP and is currently working with
a professional services firm specializing in
bankruptcy, litigation consulting, arbitration,
forensic accounting and valuations.
Mr. Hoffman
spent 39 years with Deloitte & Touche and its
predecessors, 27 years as a partner. He worked in
dispute consulting for over 35 years, leading the
Firm’s Dispute Consulting practice for 15 years.
From 1992 to 2000, he was the National Partner in
charge of the Financial Regulatory practice. During
this period, as a group Managing Partner with
Deloitte, 15-20% of the operations of the Tri-State
Region (Metropolitan New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut) reported to him and he was a primary
developer of new businesses for the Region and the
Firm. Mr. Hoffman had final responsibility for the
Deloitte insurance claims in the1993 World Trade
Center bombing and the September 11, 2001 World
Trade Center disaster, settling the latter claim for
over $100,000,000. Between 1975 and 1987, Mr.
Hoffman was responsible for the Real Estate practice
in the Northeastern Region of the Firm and a member
of the Firm’s Real Estate Industry Management
Committee. Through 1985, he was an Audit Partner
responsible for public company audits, audits of
governmental entities and various large-scale
consulting services to clients. From 1979 through
1981, he was Special Consultant to U.S. Secretary of
the Treasury, William Miller relating to the
monitoring of the City of New York’s fiscal
problems. From 1981 through 1985 he was Senior
audit partner responsible for the audit of the City
of New York.
Mr. Hoffman has
been active in many charitable organizations,
including the New York City Opera from the mid-1990s
to 2005. He was Chairman of the annual Alumni Fund
Drive for Trinity College, President of the National
Alumni Association of Columbia Business School and a
Board member from 1975 through 1981. Mr. Hoffman
was also a Member of the Alumni Nomination Committee
for Columbia University Board of Trustees from 1982
through 1988. He was Chairman of the Audit
Committee of National Cerebral Palsy and a member of
the Finance Committee.
Mr. Hoffman is
a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, CT and has
an MBA degree from Columbia University, New York,
NY. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New
York.