New Orleanian Scott Campbell is a lifelong entrepreneur. He has enjoyed success producing large-scale events and has worked in marketing, public relations, sales, and development. Campbell's career has taken him throughout the United States, from New Orleans, Louisiana, to San Diego and Orange County, California, to Detroit, Michigan, and back to New Orleans. He worked in the publishing industry for nine years before founding River Road Press in 2014, where he served as publisher. Campbell sold his company in 2020 to Arcadia Publishing and was appointed as publisher of Pelican Publishing that year.