Murray Campbell presently owns and operates a 1300-acre farming operation and is the chairman of First United Ethanol LLC (FUEL). He has been involved in agriculture since beginning in the farm supply business during high school and college. He then worked for 9 years in the farm management industry. For the past 17 years he has been a partner in CoveryRise Plantation, a commercial hunting preserve and Hopeful Peanut Company, a peanut buying point. He recently sold these interests to his partner.

Murray has served as the Georgia representative and Chairman of the National Peanut Board as well as numerous peanut industry committees. He has been deeply involved in water issues in Georgia serving on several state and regional boards. He has been on boards of directors of cotton gins, farm bureaus, county usda committees, state tourism and agriculture committees, athletic organizations and the Presbyterian Church.
            He has been married to his wife Deanie for 30 years and they have three sons.