Graduated with honours in Economics and Commerce, registered Auditor, and Academic of the Italian National Academy of Agriculture, she is currently President of Granlatte coop - parent company of Granarolo Spa – and Head of European Affairs of Italian Legacoop Agroalimentare.

She is also President of CRPA – Research Center for Animal Productions.

She was Councillor for Agriculture, Hunting and Fisheries of the Emilia-Romagna Region in the period 2015-2020 and, until march 2025, President of AREFLH - European Network of Fruit and Vegetable Regions.
She is, at present, also board member of CIRFOOD coop, a leading company in HoReCa sector, and of Consorzio Il Biologico, representing the leading companies in organic Italian food, and Honorary member of the National Association of Women in Fruit and Vegetables and the National Association of Women in Wine.

During her long involvement in the Italian cooperative system, which began in 1984, she worked for decades in the financial sector at the National Consortium CCFS.
In 2011 she was elected President of Legacoop of Reggio Emilia and of Legacoop Emilia Ovest until 2014, a period in which she also represented the cooperative economic system on the Board of Directors of Parma University.