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Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (since May 2025) • Member of the Supervisory Board of the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE) (since June 2025) • Member of Supervisory Board and Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of the Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) (2014 to 2021 and since June 2025) • Representative of the Minister on the Supervisory Board of the German promotional bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) (since June 2025) • Member of the SME Advisory Council of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) (2014 to 2021, since July 2025) • Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (2021 to 2025) • Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (2013 – 2021) • Chair of the Board of Trustees of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) (2014 to 2021) Member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) (2005 to 2009 and since 2010) Member of the State Executive Committee of the Baden-Württemberg SPD (since 2007) • Head of the working group on sustainable mobility of the national SPD Executive Committee • Deputy Chair of the Baden-Württemberg SPD Member of Waldshut District Council (since 2004) Professional career: • Marketing assistant (1992 to 1996) • Advisor and communications coordinator/strategist for Karin Rehbock-Zureich, Member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) (1997 to 2005) • Business consultant (2010) Education: Studies in economics at the Universities of Freiburg and Zurich, graduation with licentiate in economics, degree in business administration, University of Zurich (1983 – 1989)