Natalie Wagner, former counsel to Gov. Dannel Malloy and undersecretary for legal affairs at the state Office of Policy and Management, has signed on as interim executive director of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

Natalie Wagner of the Connecticut Bar Foundation

A West Hartford resident, Wagner represented local schools and districts last year as counsel at Shipman & Goodwin and has volunteered for a number of professional and community organizations. Before her state service in the Executive Branch, she worked as deputy legal counsel for Connecticut Senate Democrats and was a public defender in Massachusetts. In 2004-05, she worked as a legal intern with the American Civil Liberties Union while obtaining her law degree at the University of Connecticut School of Law.