| 1988-1989 | Assistant to the Director, Austrian Farmers' Union, Vienna |
| 1989-1997 | Member, Cabinet of Austrian Federal Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Franz Fischler, Wilhelm Molterer, Vienna |
| 1993-1994 | Member, Negotiation team on expert level for the agriculture chapter of the Austrian accession negotiations to the European Union |
| 1995-2002 | Head, EU-Coordination Unit, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna; Austrian Spokesman, SCA - Special Committee on Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 1998 | President, SCA - Special Committee on Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 1998-2002 | Deputy Director General, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna |
| 2002-2007 | Director General, Department Agriculture and Nutrition, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Vienna |
| 2006 | Head, National delegation, Council of Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 2007-2013 | Director for Rural Development and Agriculture Finances, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| since 2013 | Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
| since 2017 | President, Union of European Federalists Austria, Vienna |
| 1992-1997 | HAK Business School, Freistadt |
| 1997-1998 | Radio Operator, Military Service |
| 1999-2014 | Manager Electronic Business, Kreisel GmbH, Freistadt |
| since 2014 | Chief Executive Officer, Kreisel GmbH, Freistadt |
| since 2015 | Chief Executive Officer, Kreisel Electric GmbH, Freistadt |
| | Law studies, University of Salzburg |
| | Master's degree programme European Energy Business, University of Applied Sciences, Kufstein |
| 1993 | Department for Law, Tax and Group Matters, Emco Maier GmbH |
| 1994 | Adviser, Office of the Governor of Salzburg |
| 1999 | Managing Director, M. Kaindl Holzindustrie KG, Kaindl Flooring GmbH, Kaindl Group Austria, Wals |
| 2012 | Director, Member of the Board, Salzburg AG für Energie, Verkehr und Telekommunikation, Salzburg |
| 2016 | Spokesman of the Board of Directors, Salzburg AG für Energie, Verkehr und Telekommunikation, Salzburg |
| 2017 | President, Oesterreichs Energie, Vienna |
| 2002 | Joint BA in Environmental Science and Public Policy, and Economics Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| 2003 | MA in Economics, Stanford University, CA |
| 2006 | MA in Economy and Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| 2007 | PhD in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| Leader Writer Team, Peter Martin Fellow, Financial Times, London |
| 2007-2008 | Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group, New York |
| 2011-2012 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New York |
| 2012-2016 | Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University, New York |
| 2016 | Adjunct Associate Professor, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University |
| 2008-2013 | Economist, Environmental Defense Fund New York, New York and Boston, MA |
| 2013-2014 | Senior Economist, Environmental Defense Fund New York, New York and Boston, MA |
| 2014-2016 | Lead Senior Economist, Environmental Defense Fund New York, New York and Boston, MA |
| since 2016 | Research Associate and Lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| | Studium Politikwissenschaft und Geschichte in Wien, Granada, Guatemala |
| 1995-1996 | Menschenrechtsbeobachterin in Guatemala |
| 1998-2002 | Pressesprecherin und Globalization Officer beim WWF Österreich |
| seit 2003 | Journalistin und Autorin mit den Schwerpunkten Globalisierung, Menschenrechte, Migration |
| Politikredakteurin beim Wirtschaftsmagazin Format |
| 2006-2008 | Recherchen, Beratung und Aufnahmeleitungen für den Dokumentarfilm "Let's Make Money" von Erwin Wagenhofer |
| 2007-2012 | Moderation, Club 2, ORF |
| 2010-2012 | Stellvertretende Chefredakteurin, News |
| seit 2012 | Moderatorin, Pro und Contra - Der AustriaNews Talk, PULS 4 |
| seit 2013 | Informationsdirektorin, Prosieben Sat1 PULS4 |
| 2013-2014 | Moderatorin, "Die letzten Zeugen" von Doron Rabinovici und Matthias Hartmann, Burgtheater Wien |
