2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker

J. Carl Ganter

Founder, Circle of Blue, United States

Someone recently asked me what I would be most disheartened to lose. I said, “My license to be curious.” That’s what drove me to be a journalist, photojournalist and aspiring systems change engineer — to explore the stories that shape our future. To find out. Growing up on a small lake in rural Michigan, I found that water is the overarching story that captivates me — how a tiny molecule can define whether civilizations thrive or fail. Founder, Circle of Blue. Former NatGeo, Time, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water Security. Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Innovation Award. Explorers Club Fellow. I want to help write our water future