Cynthia Bissett Germanotta is the Co-Founder and President of the Born This Way Foundation, which she founded with her daughter, Lady Gaga, to “empower youth” and “inspire bravery.” Mrs. Germanotta is a former telecommunications executive whose career spanned 25 years in sales and sales management. She was an honors graduate of West Virginia University as well as The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she received a Masters Degree in Public Administration and was a candidate for the Presidential Intern Program. Mrs. Germanotta is a founding member and advocate for the Women’s Council on Heart Health for the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at New York Presbyterian Cornell Weill Medical Center. In addition, she has served on the Ladies Auxiliary Committee of The Columbus Citizens Foundation.