The economist has been Chair of the Executive Board of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) since November 2019. After graduating in 1996, she worked in project management at the Agency for Health and Spa Technology, MediKur in Hamm, at the Social Science Women’s Research Institute and at a financial services provider in the wind energy sector. She was a member of the German Parliament for Bündnis 90/ DIE GRÜNEN for 17 years. Amongst others, she was deputy chair of the parliamentary group and responsible for the coordination of economic, budgetary, financial, labor and social policy.