Curtis A. Campbell
Class of 1994
Hometown: Goose Creek, SC
- President and chief executive officer of H&R Block, a Fortune 500 company serving more than 20 million clients, since 2026. Campbell joined H&R Block in May 2024 as President, Global Consumer Tax and Chief Product Officer and was elevated to his current position on January 1, 2026, upon the retirement of Jeff Jones.
- Born in 1972, Campbell is a graduate of Goose Creek High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina. He came to The Citadel as a first-generation college student and competed as a Citadel wrestler until an eye injury ended his athletic career and redirected the path he had planned toward the Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from The Citadel and a Master of International Business from the University of South Carolina.
- Before joining H&R Block, Campbell was president and CEO of TaxAct from 2018 until 2022, when the company was sold to Blucora, Inc., and he continued to lead the company until 2023. He also held executive positions with Amazon Web Services, Dell, Capital One and Intuit.
- Since 2021, Campbell has served on the board of directors of Jack Henry & Associates, a NASDAQ-listed financial technology company whose technology powers nearly 12,000 financial institutions nationwide.
- His honors include the CEO Leadership Award at Intuit, the Chairman Award at Capital One, and induction into the Baker School of Business Hall of Fame.