[2] Gansert worked as a management consultant for medical firms and a resource planning engineer for NV Energy.
[5] When Brian Sandoval, a childhood friend, won the 2010 election to become Governor of Nevada, Gansert led his transition team and became his chief of staff.
She resigned from the governor's office in August 2012[4] and was hired by the University of Nevada, Reno as a special assistant for external affairs in October 2012.
For instance, in 2017 Gansert voted for a budget compromise worked out between Republican Governor Sandoval and the Democratic leadership of the Legislature, despite strong conservative criticism at the imposition of a tax on marijuana and a lack of funding for private schools.
[10] However, Gansert has also displayed conservative positions, such as her opposition to the decriminalization of abortion in Nevada, on the grounds that the parental notification requirement and other restrictions should remain in place.