From left, US President Donald Trump, Senator Dave McCormick, his wife Dina Powell McCormick and Elon Musk are watching the men’s NCAA wrestling competition held on March 22, 2025 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Meta On Friday it announced it was expanding its board with two new members, including Dina Powell McCormick, a part of President Donald Trump’s first administration.
Powell McCormick served as Trump’s deputy national security adviser from 2017 to 2018. She is also married to Sen. Dave McCormick, a Republican from Pennsylvania who took office in January.
“He’s a good guy,” the Associated Press said Trump approved McCormick last year. Powell McCormick and her husband joined Trump in March Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the current adviser to the president at the wrestling championship match held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Additionally, Powell McCormick was Secretary of State under Condoleeza Rice, president of President George W. Bush.
In addition to her political background, Powell McCormick is Vice-Chair, President and Head of Global Client Services at BDT & MSD Partners. The company was founded in 2023 when Merchant Bank BDT was combined with Michael Dells Investment company MSD. Powell McCormick arrived at work 16 years later. Goldman Sachsshe was a partner.
Her appointment represents another indication of Meta’s alliance with Republicans after Trump returns to the White House.
In January, the company announced it was leaving fact-checking, saying it would take Trump’s friend Dana White, the CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, to the board. The change follows Trump last year by dubbing the company behind CNBC’s Facebook and Instagram’s “The Enemy of the People.”
Meta also said on Friday that Payments Startup Stripe co-founder and CEO Patrick Collison has also been elected to the board. Stripe was valued at $65 billion in last year’s tender offer.
“Patrick and Dina bring a lot of experience supporting businesses and entrepreneurs to our board,” Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement.
Zuckerberg visited the White House last week after attending Trump’s inauguration in Washington in January. Politico reported last week that CEO Meta had paid $23 million in cash to a home in the country’s capital.
Powell McCormick and Collison officially became managers on April 15th, Mehta said.
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