Joel Bowers is the regional vice president for Common Sense Society, Southeast United States. He is an entrepreneur with a career starting, acquiring, and exiting several businesses, primarily in retail, e-commerce, and real estate. Notably, in 2013, Bowers helped launch CSS operations in the United States. His primary focus is helping lead programmatic activities in the Southeast, business-civic engagement, and leadership development. He is a board member of Restoration Project Foundation, a youth mentoring program based in Greenville, South Carolina. He earned a B.A. in government from Wofford College and an M.L. in strategic studies from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.