Curtis Hazel

Industry Leadership/Service

Chairman, Marketing & Communications for TCJAX

A Jacksonville, FLA native, Curtis wears the badge of “Florida Man” with grace. His childhood home was just a few miles from AGX Corp Headquarters, where he, his older sister and neighborhood friends reenacted scenes from the fictional Star Wars planet of Tatooine in the legendary sand dunes near Southside Blvd. His family moved out to Mandarin (suburb of Jacksonville) when Curtis was 7 and his adolescence was spent dodging gators by water skiing, hydro sliding and wakeboarding in Julington Creek. He may or may not have bussed tables at Clark’s Fish Camp at the age of 13. Curtis attended The Bolles School and won a State Football Championship in 1990 playing for Coach Corky Rogers - the winningest High School Football Coach in the State of Florida.

After an extended collegiate journey through the University of Florida in Gainesville, to FSU’s Study Abroad Program in London and then back home to the University of North Florida - he graduated with a BA in Business Management and a minor in International Business. Curtis joined the family-owned insurance agency after a couple of years working entry level jobs in the industry and spent the next 2 decades as an insurance agent and broker. He founded an independent agency in 2011 called Hazel Partners and specialized in transportation & logistics insurance programs. One of his largest clients was a transportation company led by AGX Founder, Mike Williams.

Curtis exited the insurance industry in 2017 and spent the following four years enhancing his digital marketing and communications skills through lead generation, CRM management and outreach marketing for several organizations, including Operation New Hope, based in Jacksonville. In March of 2021, he accepted an invitation to join AGX Freight as its Director of Marketing & Communications, where he is responsible for serving a variety of internal clients, including agents, drivers, sales, corporate and business services, and most importantly, AGX’s customers through telling the AGX story.

Curtis and his wife Jenny live in historic St Augustine, FLA, with their (now adult) children, McKenna and Jackson. When not working, Curtis can be found on hiking trails, on the beach, or just on the back porch falling asleep with a book in hand with Bodhi, the family dog near by.

Favorite Sports Team: Florida Gators

Favorite Band(s): Widespread Panic, Grateful Dead, Railroad Earth, Chris Robinson Brotherhood

My First Concert: Iron Maiden, w/ Ratt (circa 1983)

Favorite Quote: “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society” - Krishnamurti

Favorite Book: “The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are” by Alan W. Watts - that and “The Universal Christ” by Father Richard Rohr