Cody Campbell

CHAIRMAN

Cody Campbell was appointed to the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System (TTU System) on April 13, 2021, by Gov. Greg Abbott. He was named chairman of the board on April 14, 2025, during a special-called meeting where he was nominated and affirmed by a unanimous vote by the board. He has previously served as the vice chairman of the Finance & Investments Committee and the Carr Foundation Board of Trustees.

Campbell is the co-founder and co-CEO of Double Eagle Energy Holdings, an upstream exploration and production company headquartered in Fort Worth that has been one of the most active participants in the Permian Basin over the last decade, assembling hundreds of thousands of acres for oil and gas production and completing billions of dollars in transactions.

Campbell graduated with honors from Texas Tech University’s (TTU) Jerry S. Rawls College of Business (Rawls College), earning a pair of bachelor’s degrees in finance and economics, as well as a master’s degree in finance. A fourth-generation Red Raider, Campbell comes from a long line of TTU graduates, including his parents, grandmother and great-grandfather, who was part of TTU’s first class in 1925-1926.

Campbell was a four-year letterman on the offensive line for the TTU football team from 2001 to 2004, earning multiple All-Big 12 and Academic All-Big 12 honors. After his college career, he spent a season (2005) with the Indianapolis Colts.

He was appointed by Gov. Abbott to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in 2019 and is a member of the board of directors of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Trustees of All Saints’ Episcopal School of Fort Worth and is president and a board member of Double Eagle Charities, Inc. Campbell served on the Rawls College Advisory Council from 2011 to 2014 and was named a Rawls College Distinguished Alumnus in 2019.

Campbell lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Tara, who is also a TTU graduate, and their four children.