Cara Marie Wagner is a Senior Program Officer at Ploughshares Fund, where she is responsible for stewarding grantmaking portfolios focused on nuclear policy, intersectional partnerships, power building, and peacebuilding as well as leading the foundation’s DEIA strategy and programs through its Equity Rises initiative. Born and raised in the East Bay, Cara holds a Master’s of Science in Global Studies and International Affairs as well as a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Northeastern University and a Bachelor’s of Arts in International Affairs and a Certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder.