Moore earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from Wake Forest University and a graduate diploma in accounting and finance from the London School of Economics.
As Secretary of Crime Control & Public Safety, Moore managed the state response to and recovery from several natural disasters, particularly Hurricane Floyd.
As Treasurer, Moore championed a national movement to protect shareholder rights against Wall Street corporate abuses.
He was also named the country's Top Public Official of the Year in 2004 by Governing Magazine, and profiled by U.S. News & World Report (June 7, 2004).
[7] In 2012, Moore became Chief Executive Officer of First Bancorp, a $10.6 billion community bank with more than 100 branches in North and South Carolina.