Meta on Monday named Dina Powell McCormick, a former national security adviser in the Trump administration and veteran Goldman Sachs executive, as the Facebook owner’s president and vice chairman, the company announced.
The appointment is the latest move by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to deepen the company’s ties with the Trump administration — whose namesake was once banned from Facebook — as the tech giant pursues multi-billion-dollar investment commitments and an aggressive artificial intelligence expansion.
Trump praises the pick
President Donald Trump quickly endorsed the move in a post on his Truth Social platform, calling it a “great choice” by Zuckerberg and saying Powell McCormick had “served the Trump Administration with strength and distinction.”
Zuckerberg said in a statement that Powell McCormick’s experience in global finance, “combined with her deep relationships around the world,” made her “uniquely suited to help Meta” in its future growth. Meta said she will help guide the company’s overall strategy, including the execution of multi-billion-dollar investments.
Two administrations and Wall Street
Powell McCormick brings a background spanning government service and senior finance roles to the position.
She served as a national security adviser at the start of Trump’s first term and held roles in the White House and the Secretary of State’s office under President George W. Bush. She spent 16 years in senior leadership at Goldman Sachs and served most recently as vice chair, president and head of global client services at merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners. She has also held board positions at several companies, including oil giant Exxon Mobil.
Powell McCormick is married to U.S. Sen. David McCormick, who held senior positions in the Commerce and Treasury departments under President Bush before joining hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, where he rose to become CEO.
From board seat to executive suite
Powell McCormick had previously sat on Meta’s board of directors, where the company said she was “deeply engaged” in accelerating its artificial intelligence push across platforms. According to a securities filing, she resigned from the board in December, eight months after joining as a director, before taking on the management role announced Monday.
The hiring follows other steps Zuckerberg has taken to align Meta with the Trump White House. Zuckerberg has dined with Trump at the White House and committed to hundreds of billions of dollars in U.S. investments. Last year, the company also appointed Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White — a figure in Trump’s orbit — to its board of directors.