Curriculum vitae Anna DEPARNAY-GRUNENBERG

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1996-2002 : Studied forestry and environmental science at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg im Breisgau
• 2000 : Term abroad in Vancouver (Canada), studied Natural Resources Conservation at the University of British Columbia (UBC)
• 2001 : Wrote her thesis at the Haus des Waldes (Forest House) in Stuttgart (‘Raising awareness of sustainability in a forest environment’)
• 1995-1996 : Studied German as a foreign language, German and archaeology at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg im Breisgau

Professional career

• 1999 : University internship at the State Forestry Agency in Sankt Märgen (Black Forest)
• 2000 : Internship at the Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park (Parc régional naturel des Vosges du Nord): Franco-German cooperation in the UNESCO biosphere reserve
• 2001 : Internship with the Confederation of European Forest Owners, Brussels
• 2002-2003 : Internship with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürich-Birmensdorf (Switzerland): ‘Scale of the economic damage to forests caused by Storm Lothar’, Forest Resources and Management Unit
• 2008-2009 : Self-employed environmental course leader at the Baden-Württemberg Academy for Nature and Environmental Protection: ‘Communication between people and water’
• 2015-... : Self-employed course leader, education for sustainable development and nature-based process monitoring (AbenteuerWandel.com)

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 2009-2014 : Member of Stuttgart City Council; Member: Committee on the Environment and Technology, Environmental Affairs Advisory Committee, Council of Elders, local representative on the Stuttgart Transport Authority and on the board of the regional trade fair
• 2014-2019 : Chair of the Green Group on the city council; Member: Committee on Economic Affairs, Environmental Affairs Advisory Committee, regional trade fair supervisory board, Stuttgart Airport supervisory board
• 2019-... : Member of the European Parliament (MEP); member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN), substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI), member of the Delegation for relations with Mercosur, substitute member of the Delegation for relations with the EEA (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland)

Offices held in other international organisations

• 2008-... : Member and deputy chair of the Europa-Union
• 2019-... : Vice-Chair of Rail Forum Europe