{"id":5629,"date":"2025-07-07T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/?post_type=people&#038;p=5629"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:15:03","slug":"amy-klein-aznar","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Klein Aznar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amy Klein Aznar is a managing partner at Childress Klein, where she provides executive leadership, drives strategic growth initiatives and oversees investment strategy and risk management to protect investor and client interests. With deep expertise in equity and debt real estate investing, she has successfully invested on behalf of leading global institutional investors, leveraging the firm\u2019s development and acquisition strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Charlotte native with more than two decades of experience in London, Amy brings a global perspective and complementary skill set in real estate investment management. She plays a central role in shaping firm-wide investment strategies and building strong client and investor relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining Childress Klein, Amy was head of debt &amp; value-add strategies at LaSalle Investment Management. There, she led several major funds and was instrumental in raising approximately \u20ac6.1 billion in capital commitments. Her leadership earned her recognition as one of Bisnow\u2019s \u201c51 Most Influential Women in UK Real Estate\u201d (2018) and one of Private Debt Investor\u2019s \u201cTop 10 Women of Influence\u201d (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her earlier career includes roles at Merrill Lynch, JLL and Morgan Stanley, where she refined her expertise in real estate investing and advisory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy joined UNC Charlotte\u2019s Board of Trustees in 2025, following her service on the university\u2019s Foundation Board. Her strategic insight, global experience and dedication to the Charlotte community make her a key contributor to both the growth of Childress Klein and the advancement of UNC Charlotte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Klein Aznar is a managing partner at Childress Klein, where she provides executive leadership, drives strategic growth initiatives and oversees investment strategy and risk management to protect investor and client interests. With deep expertise in equity and debt real estate investing, she has successfully invested on behalf of leading global institutional investors, leveraging the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5631,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","people_types":[21],"class_list":["post-5629","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","people_types-board-of-trustees"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amy Klein Aznar - University Leadership<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amy Klein Aznar - University Leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amy Klein Aznar is a managing partner at Childress Klein, where she provides executive leadership, drives strategic growth initiatives and oversees investment strategy and risk management to protect investor and client interests. With deep expertise in equity and debt real estate investing, she has successfully invested on behalf of leading global institutional investors, leveraging the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University Leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T16:15:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2025\/07\/Amy-Klein-Aznar.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/people\\\/amy-klein-aznar\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/people\\\/amy-klein-aznar\\\/\",\"name\":\"Amy Klein Aznar - University Leadership\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/people\\\/amy-klein-aznar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/people\\\/amy-klein-aznar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/1217\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Amy-Klein-Aznar.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-07T15:24:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T16:15:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/people\\\/amy-klein-aznar\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/people\\\/amy-klein-aznar\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/people\\\/amy-klein-aznar\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/1217\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Amy-Klein-Aznar.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/1217\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Amy-Klein-Aznar.png\",\"width\":399,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/people\\\/amy-klein-aznar\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Amy Klein Aznar\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/\",\"name\":\"University Leadership\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-chancellor\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Amy Klein Aznar - University Leadership","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Amy Klein Aznar - University Leadership","og_description":"Amy Klein Aznar is a managing partner at Childress Klein, where she provides executive leadership, drives strategic growth initiatives and oversees investment strategy and risk management to protect investor and client interests. With deep expertise in equity and debt real estate investing, she has successfully invested on behalf of leading global institutional investors, leveraging the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/","og_site_name":"University Leadership","article_modified_time":"2025-07-10T16:15:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":399,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2025\/07\/Amy-Klein-Aznar.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/","name":"Amy Klein Aznar - University Leadership","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2025\/07\/Amy-Klein-Aznar.png","datePublished":"2025-07-07T15:24:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-10T16:15:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2025\/07\/Amy-Klein-Aznar.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1217\/2025\/07\/Amy-Klein-Aznar.png","width":399,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/people\/amy-klein-aznar\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Amy Klein Aznar"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/","name":"University Leadership","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/5629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/5629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5633,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/5629\/revisions\/5633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"people_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-chancellor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people_types?post=5629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}