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Name
Joe Waters
Title
Co-Founder + CEO, Capita
Bio
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.
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.
