Chris Childers

Reaching others through a visual medium has always appealed to Chris Childers. 

In his role as Director of Video Operations, Mr. Childers produces engaging video content for the Communications Department and handles technical elements (audio and video) of school gatherings. 

Mr. Childers is an award-winning filmmaker of digital shorts and graduated magna cum laude from Western Carolina University in 2019 with a degree in Film and Television Production. He earned his master's in Strategic and Digital Communications from the University of Tennessee in 2025. 

Following his graduation from WCU, Mr. Childers worked as an administrative assistant at Link Horne Middle School in Lynchburg, Va., and then as a news photographer and editor at ABC 13 WSET-TV in Virginia.

Mr. Childers enjoys hiking and camping for hobbies as well as being a massive fan of the Carolina Hurricanes and Carolina Panthers. His wife's name is Elora and they live in Arden.