Richard and Connie Hagler of Gainesville announce the engagement of their daughter Katharine Ann Hagler to Douglas Steven Coppola Jr., son of Doug Coppola and Mimi Barnes-Coppola of Buffalo, N.Y.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Bill and Ann Livesay of Roswell, and the late Jack and Mary Anne Hagler.

She is a 2000 graduate of Gainesville High School in Gainesville. She graduated in 2004 from the University of Georgia with a degree in risk management and insurance. She is employed as an operations administrator at Munich Reinsurance America in Princeton, N.J.

The groom-elect is the grandson of Andrew and Vivian Coppola of Buffalo, N.Y., and the late John and Paula Barnes.

He is a 2002 graduate of Canisius High School in Buffalo, N.Y. He graduated in 2006 from Princeton University with a degree in psychology. He is employed as a coach for the open women’s rowing team at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J.

The couple plan to wed Aug. 17, 2013, at St. Luke the Evangelist in Dahlonega.