Alex Wagner is an American lawyer who served as the assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs from 2022 to 2025.

[1] While at Preston Gates, Wagner worked as an intellectual property litigator, focused on cybersecurity and trademark enforcement for a variety of clients, but principally Microsoft Corporation.

[3] The U.S Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, upheld the system, ruling that it did not, on its face, impose a severe burden on political parties’ associational rights.

[7] After briefly leaving the Pentagon for a role on the public policy team at Uber, Wagner rejoined the administration in 2015 as chief of staff to the 22nd Secretary of the Army, Eric Fanning.

[5] After the Obama administration, Wagner was hired as the vice president of strategic initiatives at the Aerospace Industries Association.