Carlo Capua

Carlo Capua is a Fort Worth–based keynote speaker, emcee, moderator, and facilitator. His signature keynote, Finding Your 1993: The Power of a Single Experience, helps audiences recognize the experiences that shaped them, pursue new possibilities, and create meaningful opportunities for others.

Carlo draws on a career spanning business, public service, and international exchange. He founded Z’s Café, a second-chance social enterprise that created 165 jobs for people facing employment barriers and provided 150,000 meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. He previously served as Chief of Strategy and Innovation and Deputy Chief of Staff for the City of Fort Worth and is Past Chair of the National Board of Directors of Sister Cities International.

A former participant in the U.S. Department of State’s U.S. Speaker Program in Papua New Guinea, Carlo is fluent in Japanese and Spanish, has lived and worked in Japan and Mexico, and has run a marathon in North Korea. He holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Harvard and a BBA from TCU.