Joe Waters is the co-founder and CEO of Capita. A nonprofit ideas lab, Capita works at the intersections of research, policy, social innovation, design, and the arts to explore how the great cultural and social transformations of our day affect children and their families, and to foster a future in which all persons flourish.

His commentary on issues facing families has been published by Investor’s Business Daily, Stanford Social Innovation Review, The State, The Charlotte Observer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and other outlets, and he has moderated public dialogues with diverse figures including National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds, Washington Post columnist Arthur Brooks, and architect Itai Palti. Joe has been an invited speaker at the White House’s first forum on social impact finance, the Aspen Forum on Children and Families, the Lego Idea Conference (Denmark), Think Future (South Africa), and the World Forum on Early Care and Education (China).

Under Joe’s leadership, Capita collaborated with KnowledgeWorks to explore what the future holds for the youngest members of our society. This exploration resulted in the publication of Foundations for Flourishing Futures: A Look Ahead for Young Children and Families, the first-ever application of strategic foresight to issues impacting young children and their families.

He is a long-time member of the board of the Felician Center, which helps those who struggle to meet their basic needs in South Carolina’s rural Pee Dee region, and the Greenville Chorale. He also chairs the South Carolina Advisory Board for Nurse-Family Partnership, an evidence-based home visiting program that serves first-time mothers across the state. He graduated from Furman University (BA, history) and earned a master’s degree in divinity from Duke University.

Ian Marcus Corbin was born in Newburyport, MA, and apart from a year spent in Oxford, England, has never lived outside the Northeast. He recently completed a PhD in philosophy of culture, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School, where he co-directs the Human Network Initiative. He also teaches philosophy at a handful of universities in the Boston area, and publishes essays on culture in various venues.

Maria’s recent experiences include work as lead researcher and co-facilitator include NASA’s Langley Research Center future of work in 2050+, Kimberly Clark’s future of the circular economy and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research’s future of cancer research. Maria is a co-author and co-editor of the books Beyond Genuine Stupidity and The Future Reinvented, and she is a contributor to the upcoming Unleashing Human Potential–The Future of AI in Business.

Maria has developed graphic tools for the Framework Foresight method and scanning process. used today in the University of Houston Master in Foresight program, her alma mater.

Michael leads Switchyards, a citywide club in Atlanta that creates places and experiences for working on something, connecting with others, unplugging, and diving into the culture of the city.

He previously co-founded Scoutmob, a venture-backed & nationally recognized ecommerce & local mobile company that was named one of the top apps in all categories by Wired and Mashable and one of the country's most promising companies by Forbes. It was also ranked by the Museum of Design in Atlanta (MODA) as one of the city's top 25 designs of the last 25 years along with the 1996 Olympics branding, The High Museum & the BeltLine.

Michael was named one of 20 People to Watch in 2014 in Atlanta by Creative Loafing, has been awarded Top Up-and-Coming Entrepreneur at TiECON Southeast 2013 and 2010 Mobile Marketer of the Year by the Tech Marketing Awards and is a frequent speaker on startups. He has been quoted in/on Wired, CNN, Businessweek, Forbes, The New York Times, NPR, CBS, and Fast Company, among others.

Prior to Scoutmob, Michael co-founded SkyBlox, a local Wi-Fi marketing company that became the first company to ever raise financing via Twitter. SkyBlox was named to Network World's list of 2009 mobile/wireless companies to watch. He previously worked in professional sports marketing for Major League Soccer (MLS), the Atlanta Hawks and Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA). In 2002, he started Tavani Soccer, with his father and brother, a successful youth soccer camp company that has hosted thousands of campers and still runs today.