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By Taylor Jennings-Brown31%
7/31/2026, 9:10:28 AM
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Charlotte native and long-time local entrepreneur, Christopher Moxley, has been named a director of development in UNC Charlotte’s Office of Advancement, where he will focus on securing corporate gifts and driving strategic partnerships.
He started in the role Monday, July 27.
In addition to corporate gifts, Moxley said he will manage donor cultivation through the College of Arts and Architecture.
Moxley reports to Meagan Conley, executive director of corporate engagement and strategic partnerships.
The focus of the role, Moxley said, is less about soliciting one-off checks and more about long-term institutional alignment, connecting corporate goals to student development through internships, workforce pipelines and scholarships.
"It doesn't necessarily have to be gifts outright," Moxley said.
"We really look at them as strategic partnerships."
He noted that the work requires patience, describing the core responsibility as relationship-driven sales.
"You've really got to build some equity there," Moxley said.
"It's a much longer sales cycle if you think about it in terms of traditional sales because there's just a lot of time that you have to put into relationship development."
From Public Housing to Corporate Partnerships
Moxley’s path to the development office began in Charlotte's public housing.
Before his sixth-grade year, his family moved to Dillehay Courts, a public housing community in the area now known as NoDa.
Participation in the International Baccalaureate program at Harding University High School put him on a college track.
In 2003, Moxley became the first person in his immediate family to graduate from a four-year university, earning a bachelor’s degree in international business from UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business.
He spent more than 20 years in financial services, including roles at Northwestern Mutual, PFPC and TIAA.
In November 2020, Moxley left corporate finance to focus full time on 704 Shop, a Charlotte-based apparel brand he co-founded in 2013.
After growing the brand's corporate business, the founders sold the company to a local venture capital firm in April 2024.
Moxley stayed on as a strategic key employee to assist with operational stabilization before concluding his time with the company on March 31.
Parallel to his corporate career, Moxley served as a board member for the UNC Charlotte Foundation
"My board experience gives me a different perspective on the work," Moxley said.
"I'm used to getting those reports and looking at the output of the team...
Now, I get to insert my relationships directly into that conversation in a professional way."
Moxley also established the Jaylen C.
Moxley Scholarship for Academic Excellence, named after his son, which gives preference to UNC Charlotte freshmen originating from public housing or InLivian communities.
"I was one of those students who was very much in need of scholarship dollars and financial aid and financial support," Moxley said.
"I'm a walking, talking, living, shining example of what your impact can produce."
Driving Local Impact
UNC Charlotte serves as a primary economic engine for the region, with a significant percentage of its graduates remaining in the area to enter the local workforce.
Moxley views corporate partnerships as essential fuel for that pipeline, noting that expanding philanthropic investments directly translates to broader economic mobility for students across the city.
"The reality is that, in Charlotte, there are way more Chris Moxleys out there," Moxley said.
"We just have to support them."
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