Georgette Mosbacher

Georgette Mosbacher
United States Ambassador to Poland
In office
September 6, 2018 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPaul W. Jones
Succeeded byB. Bix Aliu
Personal details
Born
Georgette Paulsin

(1947-01-16) January 16, 1947 (age 77)
Highland, Indiana, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Robert Muir
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    (m. 1972; div. 1977)​
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    (m. 1979; div. 1982)​
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    (m. 1985; div. 1998)​
Residence(s)New York City, U.S.
Alma materIndiana University
AwardsGrand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Georgette Mosbacher (née Paulsin; January 16, 1947) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, and political activist who served as the United States Ambassador to Poland from 2018 to 2021. She is the chairman of the Green Beret Foundation advisory board,[1] and a Fox News contributor.[2] On November 19, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated her as a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.[3]

Mosbacher started her career as an executive in 1987 when she purchased the struggling cosmetics firm La Prairie, outbidding companies such as Revlon, Avon, and Estee Lauder.[4] After selling La Prairie in 1991 to Beiersdorf for a profit,[5] in the 1990s she founded Georgette Mosbacher Enterprises, her own business and finance consulting company.[6] From 2000[7] to 2015 she served as CEO of Borghese,[7] a cosmetics manufacturer based in New York City.[8] Mosbacher authored two motivational books for women in the 1990s: Feminine Force through Simon & Schuster[9] and It Takes Money Honey through HarperCollins.[10]

Active in American politics, Mosbacher previously served as a co-chair of the Republican National Committee’s Finance Committee,[11][12] and she was the first woman to serve as the general chairperson of the Republican Governors Association.[13] Mosbacher has been noted in the media for her private fundraising events since the 1990s,[14] and after supporting John McCain's bid for senate in 1998,[15] she served as national co-chairman of McCain's 2000 presidential campaign[11][12][16] and also anchored fundraising efforts for campaigns such as Bush Cheney '04.[5] Involved with a number of non-profit organizations, in 1995[11] she founded the New York Center for Children,[11] which aims to assist abused children and their families.[17] A fellow at the Foreign Policy Association,[11] she is a board-member for Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and the Atlantic Council,[1][11] among other organizations.[18]

On February 14, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Mosbacher to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland.[19] On July 12, 2018 her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote.[20] On December 26, 2020, Mosbacher announced her intent to resign, effective January 20, 2021.[21]

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  20. ^ "PN1640 – Nomination of Georgette Mosbacher for Department of State, 115th Congress (2017–2018)". www.congress.gov. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  21. ^ "US ambassador to Poland resigns". www.thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.