Charlotte Wagner is the Founder and CEO of Wagner Foundation, a Boston-based foundation whose mission is to build just and robust community throughout the world. Honoring the potential in all people, the foundation looks to support individuals in building the skills necessary to be agents of change in their own lives and active members of their communities. Wagner Foundation invests in the following focus areas: improving health equity, increasing economic mobility, expanding institutional fairness, and striving for cultural transformation. The foundation works across these disciplines to develop systematic solutions to the word’s most pressing problems.
Charlotte serves on the Boards of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, VIA Art Fund, and Partners In Health. She also serves on the Tate North American Acquisitions Committee. Prior to her philanthropic focus, Charlotte held positions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Fidelity Investments and Tribune Media Services. Charlotte has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and A.B. from the University of Michigan. Charlotte resides in Cambridge, MA with her husband Herbert S. Wagner III and their three children.